To introduce Keywords for Children’s Literature (forthcoming in June), we – Lissa Paul, New York University Press, and myself – are pleased to announce the Keywords for Children’s Literature blog.
In our new post over there, you’ll find links to both the Table of Contents and our Introduction. Â Lissa and I say a few words about what is in the book and what isn’t. Â We also ask: What words did we miss? Â Should there be a future edition of this book, what ought to be included?
But don’t answer those questions here.  Get on over to the Keywords for Children’s Literature blog.  Read our brand-new post, and then join the conversation. Thanks!
Philip Nel
Philip Nel is Professor of English and Director of Kansas State University’s Program in Children’s Literature. His most recent books are Keywords for Children’s Literature 2nd edition (2021, co-edited with Lissa Paul and Nina Christensen), Was the Cat in the Hat Black?: The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature and the Need for Diverse Books (2017), Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss: How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children's Literature (2012), Tales for Little Rebels (2008, co-edited with Julia Mickenberg), The Annotated Cat (2007), and four volumes of Crockett Johnson's comic strip Barnaby (2013, 2014, 2016, 2020, all co-edited with Eric Reynolds).
