Young Adult & Children’s Literature

Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.

— Dr. Seuss

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  Pedagogic, Not Didactic: Michael Cart on Young Adult Fiction

  On the growing sophistication of YA fiction and its audience.

  Jonathan AlexanderApr 8, 2018

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature

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  Ancient Folklore with a Modern Twist

  Kicking off a YA series about a New Jersey princess (a real one).

  Julia WaltonApr 5, 2018

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature

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  A Wider World of Reading

  Kristin Van Tassel explores Juan Villoro's "The Wild Book."

  Kristin Van TasselApr 3, 2018

  • Around the World

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature

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  Meg Murry’s Glasses

  Sarah Mesle on how Madeleine L’Engle’s and Ava DuVernay’s "A Wrinkle in Time" diverge around their contrasting ethics of the visual.

  Sarah MesleMar 19, 2018

  • Film

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature

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  Feeling the Fear of Difference: Celebrating “A Wrinkle in Time”

  A symposium on Madeleine L’Engle’s classic YA fantasy.

  Cecil Castellucci, Cecilia Latiolais, Eric L. Tribunella, Hope Larson, Jonathan Alexander, Julia WaltonMar 8, 2018

  • SF

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature

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  The Wound in the Willows

  Rewriting Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s story.

  Robert MintoMar 8, 2018

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature

• Growing Up Female

  On the pragmatic feminism of Tamora Pierce.

  Josephine WolffDec 28, 2017

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature

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  John Green’s Anxieties: On “Turtles All the Way Down”

  Jonathan Alexander on John Green's new novel.

  Jonathan AlexanderDec 28, 2017

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature

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  The Ghosts of Gun Violence: Jason Reynold’s “Long Way Down”

  Julia Walton on a new novel in verse about trauma and family tragedy.

  Julia WaltonDec 16, 2017

  • Fiction

  • Poetry

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature

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  Other People’s Children, Part 2: Stories in the Aftermath, or “The Hate U Give”

  Angie Thomas’s debut novel tackles the traumas of race in contemporary America.

  Jonathan AlexanderDec 8, 2017

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature

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  Confronting Uncertain Worlds: Comics with Young Female Protagonists

  A review of two recent comics for young adults.

  Jens LloydOct 27, 2017

  • Comics

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature

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  Breathing New Life into Ancient Stories

  Scott Lankford reviews Greg Sarris’s new collection of folktales.

  Scott LankfordOct 16, 2017

  • Fiction

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature