childrens literature

Beverly Cleary, Legendary Children's Author Who Quietly Revolutionized Kid Lit, Dies at 104

"She often credited one young library patron for launching her literary career after the boy stubbornly lamented––as she once did––that he couldn’t find any books about kids 'like us'."

Dr. Philip Nel on the Legacy of Dr. Seuss

"A lot of people have a hard time wrapping their heads around the idea that an artist and a writer can be both a genius and a racist, can do brilliant work and be profoundly damaging. Those are not mutually exclusive categories."

The Black Women Who Launched the Original Anti-Racist Reading List

by Ashley Dennis

Black women librarians have been important leaders in promoting books and publishing standards that encourage readers to recognize human dignity and reject racist stereotypes in children's literature.

The Gay History of America’s Classic Children’s Books

From “Frog and Toad” to “Where the Wild Things Are,” many of the most enduring 20th-century titles share a secret language of queer compassion.

A Brief History of Children's Literature: Nasty, Brutish, and Short

by Jennifer Traig

For most of history, authors have used their words to render children speechless.