Walter Dean Myers's piece asked "Where Are the People of Color in Children’s Books?" while Christopher Myers characterized the situation as an "The Apartheid of Children’s Literature." ...

Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond was reading the Bible one day, and she got to a part about the Temple of Solomon that made her pause. There were some drapes in the temple that were blue. "And I was ...

In two new children's books ... including the work of author William Steig and the book's vintage-inspired color palette.

In children’s books, a new study says the moral of the story is a strong likelihood light-skinned characters will be there, but Black and Latino characters will be underrepresented.

A study at the University of Colorado found that the majority of books banned by U.S. school districts during the 2021-22 school year were children’s books, and most were by authors of color. As ...

Change comes in all shapes and sizes, causing seismic shifts and small ripples in industries, businesses and the economy. In the series “Changemakers,” Marketplace explores the changes five ...