
- NPR books editor discusses the legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder, on the 150th anniversary of her birth. (NPR)
- The Smithsonian displays their historic New England Primers, the school books that taught early American Protestant children to read – and about death and damnation. (Smithsonian Magazine)
- The homes and landscapes that inspired classic books, from the Maine farmhouse of Charlotte’s Web to the bog that inspired the Old Forest in The Lord of the Rings. (Daily Mail)
- Oxford University Press on how to confront problematic classics with the seven questions we should ask about children’s literature. (Oxford University Press)
- World’s largest pop-up book is being created at a Philadelphia art gallery. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Parents choosing technology over reading to their children. (The Bookseller)