Books with old main characters aren't new; the likes of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot have been entertaining readers for decades. But aside from the classics, in recent years, we've ...

Representation varies by genre, target audience, author gender and human/non-human nature of protagonist, though bias has reduced overall over time An analysis of thousands of children’s books ...

Daniel José Older's The Book of Lost Saints, a magic-realist epic about a Cuban-American family, is his first non-Y.A. novel. Below, the prize-winning author of Shadowshaper touts six books whose ...

When you go to make your newest TBR book list, you probably look at recent bestsellers, upcoming buzz books, classics you've been ignoring, and new releases from your favorite authors. One place you ...

In recent years, there has been a surge in “female empowerment” stories in the Australian picture book market. This long-overdue movement was largely inspired by the success of the crowdfunded book ...

Her reason for starting has swiftly become iconic: She was tired of reading about white boys and dogs. Eleven-year-old Marley Dias' #1000BlackGirlBooks drive was a success, and it publicized a big ...

Hel, Norse goddess of the underworld, has perhaps been unfairly cast. While the more widely read 13th-century prose and poetic eddas portray her as monstrous, earlier Christian stories depict her akin ...

TORONTO (CTV Network) — An analysis of thousands of children’s books published in the last 60 years suggests that male protagonists remain overrepresented, despite a higher portion of books now ...