Children's Literature Posts

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Decoded
The Full Text of Lewis Carroll's Novel with its Many Hidden Meanings Revealed

Negotiating a Black Vernacular in Children’s Literature
Shauntay Grant on what makes language sing in North Preston, NS.

Stories for Every Classroom
Canadian Fiction Portraying Characters with Disabilities

Eleanor H. Porter's Pollyanna
A Children's Classic at 100

Seeds of a Story: Part One
On Thursday, the Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards will be presented in Toronto. We asked the nominees to tell us about the seeds of their stories, …

Middle-Grade Mojo, by Jeff Norton
Jeff Norton on why middle-grade reading is so much fun—and so important.

Fairy Tales in Popular Culture

Picturing Canada
A History of Canadian Children's Illustrated Books and Publishing

Fun Poetry for Kids
Let's take a moment to highlight the poetry collections that tend to be read most voraciously, collections that are read and reread, whose poems are memorized …

"We Need to Keep Talking About Our Rights": Ken Setterington on Freedom to Read Week
49th Shelf spoke to author and children's librarian Ken Setterington about his own experiences with censorship, and the broader issues behind the Freedom …