Illustration by Anna Walker from Bedtime Stories. (Right) Author Chloe Hooper. May 4, 2022 Faced with losing her partner, Chloe Hooper turned to stories to talk to her children about death Jane Messer, Macquarie University When Chloe Hooper’s partner was diagnosed with leukaemia, she struggled to talk about the possibility of his death with their two young children. She found the words in books.
Autistic characters in children’s books are few and far between. Shutterstock January 30, 2018 Why there need to be more autistic characters in children’s books Shalini Vohra, Sheffield Hallam University The limited and skewed portrayal of autism means it is often misrepresented rather than represented in fiction.
shutterstock August 30, 2017 The rise in personalised story books and what it means for children’s privacy Natalia Kucirkova, UCL Why are parents increasingly inserting their child’s name into stories?