"From the dull art of crafting Thanksgiving turkeys out of handprints to the bad politics of making headdresses out of turkey feathers, the point of contact between Indians and non-Indians b…
With this week's opening of The Lightning Thief, we though we'd take a Friday 5Â look five of our favorite (and not so favorite) shows based on other young adult/children's novels. How man…
"When a book is boring, they yawn openly, without any shame or fear of authority. They don't expect their beloved writer to redeem humanity. Young as they are, they know that it is not…
I was disappointed not to see Emma Rice's adaptation of Angela Carter's much-loved final novel Wise Children last year at the Old Vic Theatre or on its extensive tour, but delighted to be gi…
Unicorn theatre, LondonA mischievous arachnid from folklore is given fresh life in a silky show that leaves its audience charmed
In one of many stories spun about Anansi, the trickster spide…
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm assembled their book of stories as folklorists, not children's authors, and they intended their book for adult students of German culture, not for parents to read to …
On 3 October 2019, Emma Rice's critically acclaimed stage adaptation of Angela Carter's Wise Children hits the big screen via More2Screen. The multi-award-winning director has written moving…
"In 2012, after receiving a $1.2 million grant from Google and working with computer engineers and social scientists, Davis launched the Geena Davis Inclusion Quotient, or GD-IQ, a method of…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:33am on September 24, 2019☆⚑
Not that Woodson hasn't written for adults " she has. She's written memoir, poetry, prose, essays, and just about everything else for every age, including a recent picture book that grew out…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:18pm on September 22, 2019☆⚑
We've picked some of the best children's shows this winter, all with running times of less than an hour and aimed at children under 10.
The post The best children's shows to cosy up with thi…
Broadway vet John Treacy Egan and Metropolitan Opera regular Jason Simon have announced their collaboration of a new children's book, a?oeIngredients for a Witcha??. The book was released…
Santore reached millions of people through his illustrations for the covers of TV Guide before he turned to classic literature for children. His TV Guide covers were legendary, and as a matt…
"[He] dedicated a lifetime to writing and anthologizing poetry for children, amassing troves of verse" " 120 volumes by the time he died " "to help young people navigate the unknowns of life…
