From media coverage to story books, children are consistently represented as prophets or puppets in the midst of climate emergency. It’s time for that to change.
- Senior Lecturer in English, Manchester Metropolitan University
As the daughter in a Jewish family fleeing the Nazis, Judith Kerr’s childhood was change, upheaval and deprivation. But this ‘clever refugee girl’ made her mark, creating stories of ideal childhood.
The bear of little brain has become a literary inspiration.
The children’s author Michael Bond left a literary legacy of inclusion and tolerance.
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