Representation matters: Exposure to different people and beliefs encourages empathy, acceptance, and perspective-taking. When you encourage diversity in your children's books early, you facilitate ...

A study at the University of Colorado found that the majority of books banned by U.S. school districts during the 2021-22 school year were children’s books, and most were by authors of color. As ...

BOULDER, Colo. — The books Katie Spoon wanted to find should have been on the shelves at the Boulder County Library's main branch. They're banned in some school districts across the country but not ...

Katherine Spoon has received funding from the National Science Foundation. This research was assisted by a Social Science Research Council (SSRC)/Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science ...

When it comes to the books our Black children read, we know that representation matters. Research supports that reading books with characters that look like them helps improve children’s self-esteem.

Eugenia Rodriguez shares a moment with her youngest son, Aaron, 6, while reading a children’s book on July 2 in Chicago. Shafkat Anowar AP Ten years ago, I sat down with my then 8-year-old daughter to ...