Children's books

The proportion of children's books featuring a minority ethnic character has almost quadrupled in the last four years, according to a new survey - but researchers say "we are not yet at the point where children of colour have the same experience of literature as their white peers".

Does it sound grand to say I have always written? It took me thirty years to get published, but now the second in the series of Albert the tortoise picture books is launching.  Read more

HarperCollins is to remove a story from David Walliams' The World's Worst Children after it was criticised for using "harmful stereotypes" in its depiction of a Chinese boy. It is understood the new edition of the book will be published in March 2022 without the story "Brian Wong, Who Was Never, Ever Wrong", with a new character to be included instead.

Charlie and Lola creator Lauren Child is calling for attitudes towards children's books to change, criticising the "lazy" assumption that "creating work with children in mind is easier or less demanding".  Read more

If you read in English, chances are that there are a few countries that take up the vast majority of your reading. Only 2-4% of books published in English are translated, and even books published in English in countries other than the U.S. and UK often don't get picked up and publicized in the same way that U.S. American works do.  Read more