My copy of Ruth Park’s Playing Beatie Bow was given to me by my mother in 1982, when I was 14 – the same age as the novel’s ...

Shaun Tan’s groundbreaking graphic story, The Arrival, counters the dangerous fantasy of a homogeneous (white) Australia – ...

Enid Blyton gets her biggest adaptation yet, though The Magic Faraway Tree is still in the shadow of other whimsical children's classics.

The Land of Birthdays, the Land of Toys, or the Land of Dreams: Which destination is Academy Award nominee Andrew Garfield choosing? Garfield stars alongside Emmy Award winner Claire Foy ("The ...

For many, books are a staple of childhood. There is so much enjoyment found from flipping through the colorful pages of a book while the words are read aloud to you. Some children's books often hold ...

Storm Boy, Colin Thiele’s much-loved classic, has never been out of print. Its iconic 1976 film version, with David Gulpilil ...

Banning controversial books is a coward’s act. Publishing controversial books can require great gobs of bravery. There was a time, before Ursula Nordstrom, when children’s books did not discuss race, ...

The recently released stop-frame animated movie, Fantastic Mr. Fox, is hilarious, antic, and knowing. It is also heir to the greatest children’s literature tradition in the English language: the early ...

The children’s literary classic “Charlotte’s Web” is coming to life on the Poway Center for the Performing Arts stage on Sunday afternoon. The hour-long, one-act national tour by TheaterWorksUSA is ...

A visit to the English manor that inspired “A Secret Garden” or a stroll through Tintin’s Brussels can turn stories into treasured memories. By Ginanne Brownell Reporting from Charlottetown on Prince ...