Merle Rubin is a contributing writer to Book Review. We live in an age that hungers for authenticity. “Real” is one of our favorite terms of approbation, and to call someone a “phony” is never a ...

Of the 3617 children’s books documented by the Cooperative Children’s Book Centeras published in the United States in 2018, only 401 featured African Americans as main characters, while only 202 were ...