Terry Denton was wickedly funny, unpretentious and won multiple awards for his illustrations – and sold millions with Andy Griffiths. He will be dreadfully missed.
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A children’s writer explains how ‘Where the Wild Things Are,’ ‘The Rabbit Listened’ and other stories can help prepare kindergarten students for this next phase of life.
Using orphan girl novels to study Ted Lasso brings certain themes into sharper focus – particularly its concern with fatherhood.
Books showing Black children spending time with family, or playing at home, help Black kids see themselves in literature and give all kids a window into others’ experiences.
Canadian author and illustrator Jon Klassen has won the the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, one of the world’s most prestigious distinctions in children’s literature.
The Australian way of life displayed in The Magic Pudding revolves around the life of the belly, not the life of the mind.
Children can learn so much from books that sustain us and contribute to a sense of wellbeing and healing in our mental health.
The show manages to be positive and heartwarming, championing kindness and generosity without being schmaltzy or saccharine.
Enticing young people to read will require a concerted effort by parents, carers, teachers and public intellectuals to promote reading for enjoyment.
Munsch wrote back to me after I wrote him a letter at age 11. His longstanding connections with readers highlight how the relationships nurtured through story shape identity in enduring ways.
Translations will expand the reading worlds of children.
These stories have to be read aloud to scare friends or read under the covers with a flashlight.
The fragility of life and the terror of loss is terrifyingly exposed through this tale about rabbits.
The play features a masterly performance by John Lithgow in the role of Dahl.
Born during wartime, Tove Jansson’s Moomins still offer a quiet, powerful guide to navigating fear, difference and the need to care for one another.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the publication of the first Moomin tale, The Moomins and the Great Flood.
Virginia Woolf found describing her childhood both an opportunity and a challenge.
It’s the first time Paddington has ever been depicted going back to Peru
The choices of author and illustrator Crockett Johnson during the printing process – as well as his civil rights advocacy – make it entirely within the realm of possibility.
A selection of our coverage of the war in Ukraine from the past fortnight.
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Senior Lecturer in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Professor of Reading and Children’s Development, The Open University
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Assistant Professor, University of The Fraser Valley
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Lecturer in English Literature, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of Youth Literature and Culture, University of Glasgow
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Senior Lecturer in English Literature, De Montfort University
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Senior Lecturer in Children's and Adolescent Literature, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Writing and Liberal Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design
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Associate professor, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in the School of Communication & Creative Arts, Deakin University
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Deakin University
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Professor of Children's Literature & Childhood Culture, Queen Mary University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies, University of East London
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Research associate, University of York