children’s books
Muslim holidays find welcome from mainstream retailers with new Ramadan goods
By Kathryn Post — March 14, 2023
(RNS) — Two new children’s books from Muslim authors hit Target’s shelves as part of the retailer’s new Ramadan and Eid holiday collection.
Why a Florida school district banned a book about Shabbat
By Jeffrey Salkin — December 16, 2022
(RNS) — A Florida school district knows the truth about Shabbat. It is subversive.
Humanist children’s books translated, available free in Muslim-majority countries
By Kathryn Post — June 9, 2022
(RNS) — ‘The world is a very special place even without magic or the supernatural,’ said Bailey Harris, who began writing her book series at age 8.
God is a mother, too, writes children’s book author Teresa Kim Pecinovsky
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 6, 2022
(RNS) — The author spoke to Religion News Service about why it’s important for people of all ages to see God as a mother and how the story of Hagar and Ishmael resonates for her.
Amid book bans, Muslim authors, parents advocate for children’s books representing Islam
By Tasmiha Khan — February 21, 2022
(RNS) — For some Muslim children's book authors, the recent book bans have highlighted the need for schools to de-escalate diversity as a hot-button issue.
Dogs and dharma: A prison ministry yields children’s books teaching Buddhist lessons
By Tracy Simmons — January 4, 2022
(RNS) — The author began practicing Buddhism while in prison, meditating daily and keeping a gratitude journal. He now aims to help other convicts as a field minister through the North Carolina Field Minister Program.
‘What Is God Like?’ Late author Rachel Held Evans’ first children’s book invites questions
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 15, 2021
(RNS) — 'This is the first book of hers that they'll read,' Rachel Held Evans' husband, Daniel Jonce Evans, said of the couple's two young children.
Petition for a new American Girl doll asks popular toy company to tell the modern refugee story
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 20, 2020
CHICAGO (RNS) — ‘I think by inviting the American Girl Company to pay attention to the importance of refugee stories and people, we are showing God’s love to the world and to refugees,’ said Laura Laurie, petition creator.
How interfaith activism helped Saadia Faruqi change the face of children’s books
By Aysha Khan — August 11, 2020
(RNS) – Saadia Faruqi’s writing draws on her two decades as a Muslim interfaith activist in Texas — and as the mother of two children.
Christian author Matthew Paul Turner comes out as gay, announces divorce
By Kathryn Post — July 17, 2020
(RNS) — Christian children's book author Matthew Paul Turner came out as gay via social media on Friday and announced an impending divorce with his wife and fellow writer, Jessica Turner.
Parenting after faith shift, progressive Christians look for new resources
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 13, 2019
(RNS) — Faith shifts can raise even more questions for millennials and other young adults as they begin to have children.
‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ at Washington state libraries attracts protesters
By Tracy Simmons — June 21, 2019
SPOKANE, Wash. (RNS) — As drag queens read 'Not all Princesses Wear Pink' and 'Love Is Love Is Love' inside, protesters cited the Apostle Paul in saying that God’s wrath will be revealed.
Martin Luther King Jr. and Anne Frank: contemporaries with a common legacy
By Nancy Churnin — January 17, 2019
(RNS) — Two great souls who never lost their faith in love and humanity help us to understand the meaning of each of their lives.
Amy Julia Becker reflects on the burden of white privilege
By Yonat Shimron — October 26, 2018
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — One day scanning her children’s bookshelf Becker realized nearly all the characters in those books were white, like herself, her husband and her three children.
Maurice Sendak’s Jewish legacy lives on along with the ‘Wild Things’
By Tim Townsend — May 14, 2012
(RNS) It's a measure of Maurice Sendak's imagination that his stories -- so infused with a very particular Jewishness -- are absent evidence of Judaism or anything else besides a good read to his most important readers. By Tim Townsend.
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