By the 1980s, that had changed. As Snopes reports, the UK had recently rolled out a vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella ...

The sensitivity readers have come for beloved children's author Roald Dahl. A recent report in The Telegraph notes that Puffin, publisher of classics such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The ...

“They are meaningful books for my children, but I haven’t read them,” says the novelist and story writer, whose new book is the collection “Wednesday’s Child.” Credit...Rebecca Clarke Supported by ...

Recent “sensitivity” edits to the author’s beloved yet unabashedly disagreeable novels are all about maintaining a lucrative intellectual property. But what difference can a few changed words really ...

But one author still wins. "All children are still into Roald Dahl," she says. Next year is the National Year of Reading, a campaign to address the decline in reading among children, young people and ...

As spooky season approaches, the master of children’s horror recommends creepy-crawly classics and modern thrills for young readers. By R.L. Stine A new play in London portrays the beloved children’s ...

“Matilda took the knife she had been eating with” was entirely deleted. “She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard ...

Back in February, several news outlets, including CNN, reported that the works of the late Roald Dahl, author of such popular children’s books as “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Matilda,” and ...