School Desegregation in Children’s Literature
by The Bookologist In this month’s “From the Editor,” Marsha Qualey share’s scholar Rudine Sims Bishop’s observation that while there are many nonfiction books for children and YAs about the civil rights events of the 1950s, not too many authors have tackled the topics in fiction. One exception might be school desegregation/integration,which is the focus […]
Turtles in Children’s Literature
Our Bookstorm™ book, The Shadow Hero, is the origin story of a superhero, The Green Turtle. While this character is not an actual chelonian—though that would be an awesome super hero—there are many turtles and tortoises in children’s literature. Some might even be, technically, terrapins. Here are some notables.
Notable Feathers in Children’s Literature
Dinosaurs had feathers? Well, some did. And guess what, some children’s books do too! Here’s a timeline of some notable feathers in children’s literature.
Fateful Car Trips in Children’s Literature
Lupe, Flappy, and Elirio are among the many fictional characters who have hopped into a car and sped away into adventure. Here are a few more!
The World in Birdy’s Time, 1290 AD
The year of Birdy’s story in Catherine, Called Birdy is more than 700 years ago. It might be hard for us to imagine what it was like to live then, before technology and planes and even the printing press! Reading the book gives us an opportunity to put ourselves into that world and time. Here’s […]
Notable Birds in Children’s Literature
Birdy, named Catherine, is in good company in the crowded Aviary that is children’s literature.
Horse Stories in Children’s Literature
Leroy Ninker Saddles Up rides on the withers of a great many previous books. A timeline is only an at-a-glance historical survey, of course; still, we created this one to highlight some of the seminal books in a long history of horse stories.