Who?

Scholar of children’s literature and comics. Best-known for work on radical and anti-racist children’s literature, Crockett Johnson, and Dr. Seuss – especially Was the Cat in the Hat Black?

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Books, Selected Articles, and full CV.

Read Stuff

Listen

Recorded lectures and media appearances.

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Learn

Resources for educators and students.

Learn Stuff

Play

Singing. Vlogging. Enthusiastic amateurism.

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Crockett Johnson

Learn about the creator of Barnaby and Harold and the Purple Crayon via my (archived) Crockett Johnson Homepage and other writings.

Nine Kinds of Pie

Recent Posts

  • CALL FOR PAPERS: MLA, Jan 4-7, 2024, Philadelphia
    Call for Papers: Nostalgia in and for Children’s Literature CFP for a guaranteed session sponsored by the MLA Forum on Children’s and Young Adult Literature. To be held at the 2024 MLA in Philadelphia, January 4-7, 2024 Nostalgia is a transideological phenomenon. Its politics depend upon the direction of its longing. There’s the restorative variety that
  • Best of 2022: Music
    While I too am fond of nostalgic detours into the music of my youth, there’s lots of great new music! These days, it’s harder to find — or, it feels that way to me. But I’m always listening, making note of what I like, and… compiling this Best of 2022 playlist!  I was going to
  • Children’s Literature, Comics/Graphic Novels, and Childhood Studies at MLA 2023
    Here are all of the Children’s Literature and Comics/Graphic Novels sessions at the 2023 MLA, held this year in person in San Francisco — and on-line, as noted below. I’ll actually be there this year. (I’d planned to attend last year’s, but Omicron pushed most of the conference on-line. Here’s hoping any new variants prove