Alison Uttley, a well known British children’s writer, was born in 1884 on a farm in rural England. As a child she was an avid…
Augusta Baker was an exceptional librarian who made many contributions to the improvement of children’s services during a stellar career that spanned five decades. She…
If Lucy Maud Montgomery had stopped writing after her first novel was published, she would still be known and loved the world over as the…
This month marks the anniversary of the creation of Noddy, the doll with a wobbly head who captured the hearts of children in many parts…
These are the sounds of Cross Creek, near the home of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, just a few minutes south of Gainesville, Florida, where we produce these programs.
In your studies of the American Revolution, it is unlikely that you spent much time on Francis Hopkinson. Hopkinson was the author of satirical and…
Terry Pratchett has written a wide range of science fiction and fantasy books (over 37 so far), but most of his tales take place in…
Although Martha Finley was practically a pariah among historians and critics of children’s literature and was ignored by reviewers, she was wildly popular with her…
Geoffrey Canada begins his recent book — Reaching Up for Manhood: Transforming the Lives of Boys in America — with his getting the news about the deaths…
Edgar Allen Poe–as master of the macabre–is not usually considered an author who connects deeply with the concerns of childhood. Poe produced a canon in…