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Teaching Sayantani DasGupta’s The Serpent’s Secret
In an effort to more thoroughly diversify the reading list for my adolescent literature course, I adopted Sayantani DasGupta’s middle...

Ellen Butler Donovan
Jun 1, 20218 min read


It’s time for reading to become our superpower! Inspiring a Generation of Joyful Readers in Pakistan
With this post, we are joined by guest contributor Nusser Sayeed, Founder and CEO of GoRead.pk, a socially conscious, nationwide movement...

Nusser Sayeed
Feb 16, 20217 min read


Surprising Synergies: Co-Teaching Representations of Migration in German & British Children’s Lit
Motivations In the light of #blacklivesmatter, Maha El Hissy @mahaelhissy, Assistant Professor of German Literature at the University of...
Sandra Dinter & Maren Conrad
Jul 22, 20205 min read


Embracing Body Diversity in "Undead Girl Gang" and "Gabi: A Girl in Pieces"
Recent discussions about children’s and young adult literature have focused on diversity—or the lack thereof—in the field. Activists and...
Mary Stephens
Jan 22, 20196 min read


An Interview with BAME Children’s Author Swapna Haddow
The following interview with award-winning BAME children’s book author Swapna Haddow was conducted as part of our series that promotes...
Tanja Nathanael
Jan 15, 20198 min read


Academia and Children’s Literature: Analysing expertise in Picture-Books
How is academia represented in children’s literature? In the spring of 2012 I began to ponder that question, coming across various...
Melissa Terras
Oct 23, 20184 min read


“A General Has to See the Whole Field”: The Life-Giving Power of YA Fiction from Indigenous Canada
You can’t talk about Indigenous young adult literature in Canada without talking about residential schools: the abusive government- and...
Mandy Suhr-Sytsma
Oct 16, 201810 min read

Diverse Voices? Thinking about BAME Literature in the UK
UK children’s literature has a diversity problem. That was the conclusion of a recent report, Reflecting Realities by the Centre for...
Lucy Pearson
Aug 7, 20184 min read
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