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Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle's new children's book The Bench celebrates fathers and sons
•Publisher Random House calls the book a portrait of “the special relationship between fathers and sons, through a mother's eyes.”
Richard Robinson, children's publishing legend and longtime CEO of Scholastic, passes away aged 84
•Under his leadership, Scholastic became the world's largest publisher of children's books and has long said it distributes one out of every three children's book in the US.
The Bench: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, to release first children’s book
•The book is one of several projects that Meghan and Harry have announced since stepping away from royal duties in early 2020.
From burgers to ice-cream, new book details origin and folklore associated with foods loved by children
•Author Kim Zachman also collected facts on nutrition and health, and included simple recipes and a single science experiment on how to extract iron from fortified cold cereal.
As children's publishing makes small gains in racial diversity, people of colour demand more books about them, written by them
•A 2019 diversity baseline survey found that 76 percent of the publishing industry was white.
Idris Elba inks multi-book deal with HarperCollins for children's stories inspired by daughter Isan
•As part of the multi-book deal, the actor will be publishing picture books and fiction that he developed in collaboration with his writing partner Robyn Charteris.
New illustrated book to introduce young readers to life and times of artist Raja Ravi Varma
•The book is written by author-poet Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan, and will be published by Red Panda, an imprint of Westland Books.
Friday Night Frights: Red, Shiny, and Ripe | A short story
Rohininair •No tomatoes were harmed in the retelling of this story.
From Moscow to Vijayawada: How generations of Telugu readers grew up on Soviet children’s literature
Sai Priya Kodidala •It is hard to overstate the impact of Soviet children’s literature on its Telugu readers.
A case for subversive children's stories: Contrasting the messaging in The Rainbow Fish with Room on the Broom
Ashima Narain •When we allow children to live out their bully-duping fantasies, to make fun of adult institutions, encourage imagination over reality, disruption over self-righteousness we enable them to figure out how they can improve the status quo.