Terry Denton was wickedly funny, unpretentious and won multiple awards for his illustrations – and sold millions with Andy Griffiths. He will be dreadfully missed.
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John Marsden, the bestselling author of the Tomorrow series (and more than 40 books altogether) has died. His difficult early life fed his many decades of writing for young people and teaching them.
Children’s authors like Cottrell-Boyce know they have the chance to make the world a better place, every time they write.
From the Thirteen-Storey Treehouse to the Magic Faraway Tree, kids loves treehouses. These books tap into a rich tradition of mythology, which takes characters into forests to come to terms with life.
Don’t dismiss children’s early writing as scribbles. Children know more about writing, even before they learn to read.
There’s a lot of attention right now on diversity in children’s books – or, more accurately, the lack of it. It’s not a new problem. White people have been talking about this issue since Nancy Larrick…
We know a good piece of writing when we read it. But what makes the writing “good” and how can we teach all our kids the skills that seem to come naturally to a few. Here are six principles teachers and…
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Burke and Elizabeth High Baker Professor of Child Developmental Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis
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Director of the Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Reader in Creative Writing, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer in English and Writing (children's literature), University of New England
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Lecturer in Communications and History, Avondale College of Higher Education
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Senior Lecturer, Literary Studies and Creative Writing, Monash University
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Children's Literature, Charles Sturt University