Children's books

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

I started at Nosy Crow about 10 and a half years ago, and found my way there entirely thanks to several kinds of luck, really. At the time I was in my last year of an English Literature degree and came home to London in the spring with a vague plan to revise for my final exams.  Read more

In April, Kate Claxton was revealed as the winner of the children's category of the 2021 Selfies Awards. Her picture book, the joyous My Mum's a Tiger, is illustrated by Angela Mayers. We asked her about her inspiration, her writing process and why she decided to self-publish.