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.

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 elephants led by her partner, Hathi, who isn't the brightest elephant ...

With two solo series to his name, one under DC/Vertigo and one in the New 52, Animal Man is one of the coolest characters DC has. As a host for The Red, the animal life force of the universe, Buddy ...

Some of the best children’s books out there have animal main characters: Winnie the Pooh, the Very Hungry Caterpillar, the Jungle Book, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, the Story of Ferdinand ...

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 ...

Children's books are eight times more likely to feature an animal than a non-white person in the lead role. The research comes from the Centre of Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) which says ...

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Children's books are eight times more likely to feature an animal than a non-white person in the lead role. The research comes from the Centre of Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) which says ...