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When Black kids – shut out from the whitewashed world of children's literature – took matters into...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAt the turn of the 20th century, with few children’s books featuring Black characters, one young...
Alice Munro, Master of Short Story, Dies at 92
Time via AOL· 2 weeks agoAuthor Alice Munro at home in Clinton, Ontario, Canada, 1994. Credit - Peter Sibbald—Redux Alice Munro, the Nobel Prize-winning Canadian author who...
The End of Civic Compassion
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoUnder its autocratic Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Hungary introduced in early 2020 a new National Core Curriculum. The curriculum presents Hungarian...
14 Actually Good Books To Teach Kids About Climate Change
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCredit - Climate change is not a pleasant thing to think about. It’s complicated and contentious. It...
Alice Munro, acclaimed short-story writer and Nobel Prize winner, dies at 92
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAlice Munro, who authored books "What Is Remembered" and "Dear Life," died Monday at age 92. (Chad...
5 new books to read this week
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFuries is a new feminist collection of short stories, featuring tales by Margaret Atwood, Ali Smith, Kamila Shamsie and more… Fiction 1. Furies by...
Justin Torres, Ned Blackhawk win National Book Awards as war, politics grab spotlight
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 months agoL.A. author Justin Torres and Yale historian Ned Blackhawk were the big winners at the 74th National...
Settle into a summer vibe with one (or more) of these new Vermont books
The Burlington Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSummer is here. It’s the season for swimming and boating and picnicking and eating ice cream and...
Queen refreshes royal dolls house's tiny library with modern authors to mark centenary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWhen Queen Mary’s dolls’ house was created in the 1920s, its library was filled with miniature books...
Springfield native never got to enjoy success of 1952 novel 'The Lemon Jelly Cake'
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMadeline Babcock Smith earned her spot in the literary limelight. But she never got to enjoy it....
