“The history of children's literature is a shocking affair, offering death, murder, abuse, death, racism, death, and damnation. … For most of history, authors have used their words t…
Five of Australia's exceptional storytellers for young people will be honoured in Australia Post's 2019 Legends Awards, celebrating their significant contribution to Australian children's li…
The conflict over accommodating a child's allergy turned into a legal battle that highlights the isolation that people with food allergies often face.
“Drag queen storytime began popping up in 2015 in San Francisco and have spread across the country to libraries, community centers, and increasingly, bookstores. … Protests are commo…
Monumental Theatre Company will present Dress Up Day beginning March 2, 2019, as part of the Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival and Monumental's New Work Series. Dress Up Day follows a spunky f…
Michael + Patrick seem to be rebelling against the theater's ruling class: kitchen sink dramas, heady idea plays, and " worst of all " amusement park attractions masquerading as Broadw…
An artist who captured the subtle moods of childhood
On Monday, Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced the casting of Janet Ulrich Brooks in "The Children," written by Lucy Kirkwood and helmed by director Jonathan Berry. She will play the role …
By Marco Novelo. Marco Novelo explores the little-known history of theatre for young audiences in Mexico.
The dancer on fatherhood and the environment, patriarchy and myth " and the feminine nature of danceBorn in Wimbledon, where his father ran an Indian restaurant, Akram Khan, 44, is one of Br…
“Stories that are ability-positive center around real or fictional characters with different ability statuses, not for dramatic reasons, like an abled character experiencing a new stru…
By Tim Collingwood. Tim Collingwood talks about the importance of creating "ability-positive" theatre so that people with different ability statuses have the chance to see themselves represe…
I will remember 2018 for many things, primarily as the year of courage. No, not shown by me but by all the brilliant children I have worked with over the past year on Joseph and Nativity! Th…
“The idea that our political values might express themselves in how we think about children shouldn't be surprising to us. In the wake of World War II, philosopher Theodor Adorno colla…
Rebecca Onion: “In mid-December, as I struggled to keep my own toy purchases under control, the idea of 19th-century children constructing their own playthings " probably by the fire, …
UK nonprofit Lycaeum Music is raising money “to buy a double-decker bus and renovate it as a space for touring music lessons, workshops and concerts, visiting the most deprived areas o…
The actors share the backstory of their grown-up Jane and Michael Banks
The TV comedian who helped bring us the football anthem Three Lions has become a prolific children's author. How did it happen?David Baddiel is a comedian, TV presenter, screenwriter and aut…
Jim Copp, an erstwhile jazz performer and L.A. Times society columnist, wrote and narrated the stories, sang the songs, played the instruments, created the sound effects, and layered the tra…
An adaptation of an Ian McEwan novel and a Disney psychodrama
A charity is fundraising to buy a double-decker bus to bring free music lessons to children in deprived areas. The Music on
Hamilton star Rachel John has hit out at cuts to the arts in education, arguing that children from disadvantaged backgrounds will no
Southbank Centre, LondonTim Etchells and Forced Entertainment present a mesmeric show in which a young cast consider what grownups tell them'You tell us to grow up." On a simple set of scrap…
Imagine a world drained of colour " grey cereal, grey clothes, grey skies. That's the austere world Chloe lives in, presided over