Young children are more likely to learn and apply character lessons from books that feature human characters than from stories that center on human-like animals, a new study finds.

Nay R U Monet?’ Loni Belle introduces a series of books with animal characters that wonder if they are similar to master ...

No more than 33 percent of children's books published in any given year contain central characters that are adult women or female animals, but adult men and male animals appear in up to 100 ...

Winifred is a funny character in The Jungle Book, but isn't a major part.She belongs to the Jungle Patrol, which is a herd of ...

While trailers for Jon Favreau’s upcoming take on The Jungle Book largely indicate Neel Sethi’s Mowgli as the only human character on screen, the film is stacked with an impressive voice cast ...

James Gunn has a penchant for bringing obscure comic book characters to the big screen, and DC's Detective Chimp should be ...

Simon Van Booy, author of 'Sipsworth,' a novel that grew out of his fascination with a mouse he rescued in 2020, rounds up nine of his favorite books that feature animals as characters.

S teven Spielberg's 1993 movie Jurassic Park was groundbreaking, with its best characters remaining icons today. That said, the movie and its sequel, The Lost World, were based on books by Michael ...

However, 50% of books featured white characters, while 27% featured animal characters or "other." 3 LGBTQ+ books for kids and teens account for a very small portion of the overall industry. Carl ...