Only 1% of children’s books in the UK depict Black And Minority Ethnic main characters
Children’s books are making headlines again — this time for their lack of diversity. In the UK, the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) has been running a study entitled “Reflecting Realities”… Read more »
What about children’s books makes us “easy to manipulate”?
Last week the British children’s writer Geraldine McCaughrean took home the Carnegie Medal for her book Where the World Ends. Upon receiving her country’s most prestigious children’s award (which is selected by… Read more »
What’s the collective noun for twenty white, longlisted authors?
Ah, the nuance and beauty of the collective noun. Everyone has their favourite, from a murder of crows to a shrewdness of apes or an obstinacy of buffalo. Lane Smith’s book There… Read more »
Carnegie Medals go to Donna Tartt, Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction were presented over the weekend in Las Vegas, going this year to Donna Tartt for her novel The Goldfinch, and Doris… Read more »