Cloud Boy by Greg Stobbs, Oxford, £7.99Sights, sounds, smells – the world around Bobby is just too enticing, and he’s always floating off into the clouds. How can his friends keep his... Read more »
Book News: Children’s lit community hosts fundraisers and book drives for L.A. wildfire relief
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There has been a “significant” drop in the presence of racially minoritised characters in children’s books, according to a new report. A Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) survey found that... Read more »
Children’s Publishers embrace the Taylor Swift factor Apr 25 2024 Even casual observers of popular culture know all too well that Taylor Swift has reached new heights of icon status in the... Read more »
Laurent de Brunhoff, author of Babar children’s books, dies at 98 Mar 23 2024 Babar author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father’s popular picture-book series about an elephant-king and presided over... Read more »
This year’s best books for children address sadness and fear while celebrating love, resilience, hope and joy. In The Big Dreaming by Michael Rosen and Daniel Egnéus (Bloomsbury), two bears are preparing... Read more »
Thirty per cent of children’s books published last year featured racially minoritised characters, according to new research. The sixth report on racial representation in children’s literature by the Centre for Literacy in... Read more »