Noah Berlatsky

The first graphic novel to win a Caldeott gives children the chance to be adults, and adults the chance to be kids.

These covers remind us of the lengthy, rich—but often obscured—history of female songwriters.

The loss of gospel history has meant forgetting how important black women have been to American performance styles.

So, if there are so many ways to sing this song, and if it's meant different things at different points, why complain about Beyoncé's version?

Daredevil focuses on the dynamics of heroism—the display of strength and violence as a way to distance oneself from weakness.

Banks' "Ice Princess" video shows that it's not only white people who can pick up someone else's culture.

The Lord of the Flies can feel like a vacation spot for conflict-management consultants in comparison to social media.

At first, this looks like sexism. And then you realize, hey, this is sexism. Hope isn't allowed to do the dangerous job because Pym has put her on a pedestal, and won't let her off it.

Scientists are hotly debating whether we should send messages into space. Perhaps they should consult Octavia Butler for some wisdom...

Iin a passionate Facebook thread last week, children's author Meg Rosoff rejected the idea that there are "too few books for marginalized young people," as librarian Edith Edi Campbell had suggested.