The Very Hungry Caterpillar has OCD: When adults find meaning in children’s books
Are the Babar books simply the charming story of an orphaned elephant who becomes king, or are they a justification of colonialism? Is The Very Hungry Caterpillar really just very… Read more »
Beloved children’s author Allan Ahlberg rejects Amazon-sponsored award
The children’s author Allan Ahlberg responsible for beloved (and possibly the most English-sounding) children’s books The Jolly Postman, Burglar Bill and Each Peach Pear Plum has shown that we can continue… Read more »
Singapore library withdraws and pulps LGBT-friendly children’s books
Another front in the war on tolerance has been established. Singapore’s National Library Board followed up on a controversial decision to remove three insufficiently “pro-family” books from their shelves, by… Read more »
“Scary Stories” from the 1980s are now being made into a movie
Do you recognize this image of a woman’s head after the mysterious green velvet ribbon she wore around her neck is removed? If so, you may have been a kid… Read more »
Russell Brand to write “Trickster Tales,” wants to change “the way children see the world”
Russell Brand is already a bestselling author, of memoirs Booky Wook and Booky Wook 2. (In fact, the last time we checked in on him, those books were being banned from… Read more »
Storytime with Dear Leader: children’s books from North Korea
If you tried to imagine what a children’s book written by a ruthless dictator sounds like, would it be something like this? “At last the left cyst burst, emitting fierce… Read more »
It’s a Boy’s Boy’s Boy’s World
Earlier this year, NPR ran a story about the white, white world of children’s books, “As Demographics Shift, Kids’ Books Stay Stubbornly White.” It cited a report by the Cooperative… Read more »