Eight members of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators British Isles regional team and steering committee ...

British children's books are still not representing all British readers – but reflecting realities for readers of colour is possible if parties across the industry work together ...

Only 1.96% of authors and illustrators between 2007 and 2017 were British people of colour, compared to 13% of the population For a decade in the UK, fewer than 2% of all children’s book ...

Zeb Soanes (L), the BBC broadcaster, will be joining illustrator James Mayhew (R) to read about the latest adventures of Gaspard the Fox. Picture: LAVENHAM CHILDREN'S BOOK FESTIVAL (Image: Archant) ...

Because illustration is now the preserve of children's books, there's a sense that this is where it belongs, with childish things like comics. Or as Quentin Blake says, "there's a feeling it's not ...

Judith Kerr, the British book author and illustrator who delighted children with tales of a hungry tiger and a mischievous cat named Mog, died on Wednesday at her home in London. She was 95.

Mr. Mitgutsch trained as a commercial illustrator before trying his hand at children’s books in the late 1950s. He published several without much success before hitting on the format that would ...

Sophie Casson, Canadian children's book illustrator, writes: "As a child, I completely identified with the freedom this little girl carried out in every aspect of her being – Pippi does what she ...

There simply aren’t enough authors and illustrators from diverse backgrounds being published.

British children’s books are ... academic Melanie Ramdarshan Bold pointed out in the 2019 Book Trust report on representation of people of colour among children’s book authors and illustrators.