A Fascinating Peek at the Outliers of Soviet Children's Literature
Weaving folk tales into Soviet children’s books, it turns out, was a fairly unconventional move in the 1930s.
Laura Ingalls Wilder's Name Removed from Children's Book Award
The Association for Library Service to Children—part of the American Library Association—has decided to take Laura…
Lupita Nyong'o's First Children's Book Tells a Dark-Skinned Girl's Story
Lupita Nyong’o is working on a children’s book about a Kenyan girl’s difficulty accepting her dark skin.
Scholastic Pulls Children's Book Accused Of Sentimentalizing Slavery
On January 5, Scholastic released A Birthday Cake For George Washington, written by Ramin Ganeshram and illustrated by…
Astrid Lindgren's Home to Be Opened to Pippi Fans—No Children Allowed
Astrid Lindgren, the beloved author of the Pippi Longstocking series, died in 2002 at the age of 91. Thirteen years…
Dear Adults: J.K. Rowling Says 'There Will Be Another Children’s Book'
J.K. Rowling plans on writing another children’s book at some point in the future, so mark your invisible calendars.
Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham Will Be a Netflix TV Show
Huh: Netflix wants to make an animated TV show out of Dr. Seuss’s famous Green Eggs and Ham. Somehow, they’re gonna…
New Dr. Seuss Book Featuring Horton and the Grinch Hits Stores Today
A new collection of stories from Theodor Geisel aka Dr. Seuss is set to hit shelves on Tuesday.
Nightmarish Children's Book Promotes the Open Carry of Guns
Brian Jeffs and Nathan Nephew, the two cofounders of Michigan Open Carry, have teamed up and written a new children's…
Rejoice! They've Made a Documentary about The Phantom Tollbooth
If you were a child in America in the past so many years, you probably read or at least can acknowledge the existence…
Rush Limbaugh Has Written a Terrible Magic School Bus Rip-Off for Kids
Since Rush Limbaugh can do very little that is not worthy of immediate and unstinting public ridicule, he has gone…
Children's Books Are Still Really, Really White
When a biracial family simply eating Cheerios results in the psychotic break of legions of racists, it's hard to ignore…
Teach Your Kid to Love Herself and Others Through Children's Books
The children's literature market has come a long way since (the ever wonderful and important) Pat the Bunny. These…
Sylvia Plath Wrote a Children's Book and It's Delightful
Sylvia Plath, the brilliant, tragic literary giant you were Most Likely to Be Obsessed With in high school, isn't all A…
The Subtle Code of Inequality in Children's Books
As children, many of us encountered Richard Scarry's book, What Do People Do all Day? A classic kid's book, it uses…
J.K. Rowling Will Now Be Making Her Long-Awaited Return to Children’s Books
Just like how Michael Jordan played baseball competently and then came back to play basketball superbly, J.K. Rowling…
First Look: Marcel The Shell's First Children's Book
Marcel The Shell is making the leap from overnight viral sensation to the subject of a new children's book, Marcel The…
Book Features Grim Reaper At Birthday Party, Upsets Parents
A new book by the author of Where the Wild Things Are has parents upset over its supposedly scary content. But are moms…
"The Next Twilight" Attempts to Sexify Frankenstein's Monster
Dear People Who Keep Writing This Crap: This trend is dead, it's dead! Dear god; it's dead!
Award For LGBT Kid Lit Will Inevitably Cause Homophobe Hysteria
The American Library Association is creating an award for children's books that address LGBT themes. Cue the apocalypse!