CULTURE
Today Explained: Demand For Children’s Books on Trauma Rises
Children read as Ian Ellis James, an Emmy award-winning Sesame Street writer known by his stage name William Electric Black, leads a first grade class in a book reading on urban gun violence prevention at the Drexel Avenue School, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, in Westbury, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
With an increase in school shootings, educators are pushing for more books on trauma to help children cope with the awful occurrences. Andrea Colvin, editorial director at Little Brown Books For Young Readers said, “Children's literature needs to, or it should reflect what's actually happening to kids and what's happening in the world.”