children’s literature

Critics are used to being able to state nearly any media-related opinion with some degree of immunity, but there is one pitfall that they fall into with surprising regularity: Making […]

Dr. Seuss is unique. The mid-20th century was a great time for picture books in general, especially rhyming books and those with minimal words; in addition to Seuss, we had […]

Ah, Jane Austen.  We know her, we love her, and we totally misrepresent her. It seems like the popular perception of Jane Austen is “That girl who wrote Pride and […]

Talking inanimate objects show up in children’s media from time to time as a sort of tide-me-over from talking animals.  But they had a problem that other kids’ movies lacked: […]

Maurice Sendak died yesterday at the age of 83. Considering that we were all children once, adults understand children rather poorly, a fact which all too often comes to light […]