#childrens-literature

#childrens-literature

Liberals and conservatives both oppose censorship of children's literature - unless the writing offends their own ideology, new Cornell research finds. Studying a representative U.S. population, the scholars in literature, sociology and information science found competing cancel cultures in which widespread opposition to literary censorship masked offsetting disagreements between left- and right-wing values. Those attitudes highlight the polarization of an issue once governed by bipartisan consensus over the need to protect children from inappropriate violent or sexual content. Now, the researchers said, offensive political ideas are viewed as dangerous - threatening free speech as a core value.

When Beverly Cleary's fictional Henry Huggins made his debut in 1950, he was a third grader whose "hair looked like a scrubbing brush and most of his grown-up front teeth were in." He was also bored. Apart from having his tonsils out and falling out of a cherry tree, "nothing much happened to Henry." But pretty soon after we meet him, by page three in fact, Henry comes upon a scrawny mutt who stares at him eating an ice cream cone and the adventures begin.

If you're looking for new bedtime stories to read to your kids, you may want to check out Stephen King's latest book. Yes, normally that would be a pretty terrible recommendation, but the horror novelist's new book is for children--and anyone who loves classic fairy tales. On Tuesday, HarperCollins published reimagined version of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.

There are no guilty pleasures in childhood. It is only as an adult that I feel a certain sheepishness when recalling one of my favorite picture books, "Ann Likes Red," by Dorothy Z. Seymour, which was originally published in 1965. Wedged between the vaunted volumes of Gorey and Scarry, "Ann Likes Red" stuck out both literally, for its squat stature, and literarily, for its hazy lesson in self-assertion.

Moon Lane Books in Catford has started a fundraiser due to financial struggles stemming from rising costs and shrinking school budgets, aiming to raise £40,000.

Sunny and Tony share a fun friendship with experiences like going to movies and school, but as pressure grows about dating, Sunny feels confused and pressured.

To mark 70 years since Kay Thompson's beloved children's character first took up residence in the "room on the tippy-top floor," the Plaza Hotel is hosting a free, two-day celebration packed with sugary treats, scavenger hunts and serious nostalgia.

Clanton's illustrations tend toward cartoony; he used watercolors, ink, leaf pressings, stamps, markers and colored pencils. Really anything he could get his hands on.

Horror stories provide children with a vital testing ground to face their real-life fears, allowing them to navigate and confront personal anxieties through engaging narratives.

Justice Gorsuch purported to believe that drag queens were definitionally sex workers, mischaracterizing children's literature and revealing ignorance of gender issues.

"What seems like a joke to most people is a slap in the face to me and to many other Asian Amsterdammers. This is not an innocent phrase."

"In most children's books, there's just this constant feeling of adrenaline - of pushing forward to solve the problem. Madeleine slowed us down and took us to Ixchel to sit for a while."

The current deal on The Complete Calvin and Hobbes comic collection, reduced to $94.69, represents the lowest price of the year, making it an excellent opportunity for fans.

Like the rest of the slim little Mess-Dios picture books, Make Your Own Rainbow is participatory, with queens of all shapes and sizes, in wheelchairs and a variety of gender presentations.

The Gruffalo tells a tale of a mouse encountering predators, but a new study reveals it also engages with complex political themes and meanings.

Every year on World Book Day, Irish mothers find themselves caught off guard, often scrambling for last-minute costume solutions for their kids, mainly thanks to authors like Julia Donaldson.