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The Rumpus Interview with Sanae Ishida
Sanae Ishida spent years attempting to ignore her creative calling, and trying her best to work in a suit and an office. Ultimately, fending off a need for creative outlet and toiling in a corporate...
View ArticleVast Questions About Our Humanity
Alexis Deacon and Vivian Schawrz’s ” groundbreaking philosophy book for toddlers,” I Am Henry Finch, just won the 2016 Little Rebels Children’s Book Award. The award recognizes children’s books that...
View ArticleGet ‘Em While They’re Young
This year’s children’s literature has some exceptional bonafides. Over the next few months, a number of acclaimed novelists, including Jane Smiley and Elena Ferrante, will be publishing children’s...
View ArticleRamona Quimby All Grown Up
Beverly Cleary guided generations of girls and boys alike through the rocky, messy, color- and dream-filled days of childhood with her long-running Ramona series, which manages to stay at the forefront...
View ArticleLessons from Frog and Toad
At the Atlantic, Bert Clere reflects on Arnold Lobel’s children’s books, Frog and Toad and Owl at Home, the lessons these stories try to teach, and the representation of the self in each of...
View ArticleKeep Kids Learning, All Summer Long
Chicago libraries have an ambitious plan to give away more than a million children’s books this summer in an effort to combat intellectual regression that occurs in summer months when children aren’t...
View ArticleThe Book Lady Is Back
Dolly Parton, pop culture’s resident “Book Lady,” has written a children’s book based off of one of her hits, “Coat of Many Colors.” The book is to be released on October 18, Robyn Collins for...
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The Business of Making Art: A Conversation with Beatriz Ramos
At first glance, Beatriz Ramos doesn’t look like a revolutionary. Her official bio tells the story of a prolific, accomplished, professional artist who has created illustrations for the New York Times...
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Inappropriate Shock
“In a normal body with a normal heart…” –Dr. Tsao, Cardiology We’re in a hospital room with the lights off, slow-dancing to Otis Redding’s “Coffee and Cigarettes.” The nurses leave us alone. Over the...
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #147: Saadia Faruqi
Pakistani-American author Saadia Faruqi’s new children’s book, Meet Yasmin!, follows a second-grade girl’s everyday adventures like practicing to be an explorer at a farmer’s market or creating a...
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