The New Yorker utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s KT Horning, director emerita of the School of Education’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center, for a recent article exploring how children’s books with gay- or queer-centered themes have evolved through the years. The article, headlined “What Should a Queer Children’s Book Do?” also discusses how this burgeoning genre is …
By Todd Finkelmeyer As an undergraduate majoring in linguistics at UW–Madison in the late 1970s, Kathleen T. Horning found herself at a crossroads — and took a fortuitous turn into the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC). As Horning recalls the situation, she loved linguistics but not its job prospects. So she decided to pursue certification to be able …
Tessa Michaelson Schmidt was recently named the next director of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), a library of UW–Madison’s School of Education. Schmidt will start in this role July 25, and will provide leadership and vision for the CCBC and its team of librarians, which are known for: promoting increased diversity of children’s and …
UW–Madison’s Madelyn Tyner spoke with the Indian general news and opinion website The Quint recently about why children’s books are becoming more diverse. CCBC data is also highlighted in the article. Tyner is a librarian in the School of Education’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC). They have recently been appointed as chair of the American Library Association’s Notable …
An inspiring story about UW–Madison alumnus Edward Wortis appears in the Winter 2021 issue of On Wisconsin magazine. Wortis, who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Department of Theatre and Drama, has struggled through his lifetime with dysgraphia, a neurological disorder that impairs the ability to write. Despite this, he yearned to be an author. Under the …
The life and work of UW–Madison alumni Laura Dronzek and Kevin Henkes was featured recently in the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s On Wisconsin magazine. The article, titled “A Storybook Romance,” describes how Dronzek and Henkes — who both earned degrees from the School of Education’s Art Department — met at UW–Madison, married, and now “make magic together in children’s …
CBS This Morning utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s KT Horning for a video report that is headlined, “Why diverse children’s books are important tools for teaching kids about themselves and others.” Horning is the director of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), which is housed in the School of Education. While children have more opportunities now than …
Data from UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), which is housed in the School of Education, was utilized in two recent articles examining the decision of the Dr. Seuss estate to stop selling six of the author’s books that include racial and ethnic stereotypes. A Mar. 4 New York Times article, headlined “Dr. Seuss Books Are Pulled, and …
Preliminary diversity stats for 2020 compiled by UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center are utilized in a recent report from the Associated Press (AP). The AP also interviewed UW–Madison’s KT Horning, director of the CCBC, which is housed within the School of Education. In the report, headlined “Racial diversity in children’s books grows, but slowly,” Horning explains that …
Data from UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), which is housed in the School of Education, was referenced in a recent article in The Atlantic about former New England Patriots football player Martellus Bennett’s new career as a children’s book author, and his activism for more Black characters in children’s publishing and entertainment. Surveying the children’s-entertainment landscape, …