When children read picture books, they are often greeted with depictions of family and life lessons their young minds soak up. What happens then, when those depictions don’t offer a thoughtful image ...

Children’s literature constitutes a formative cultural space in which notions of gender identity and social roles are both reflected and shaped. Historically, narratives have privileged male ...

Canadian author and illustrator Jon Klassen has become the first Canadian creator to receive the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, one of the world’s most prestigious distinctions in children’s ...