Janie is a senior writer who contributes commentary to WORLD and oversees WORLD’s annual Children’s Books of the Year awards. She also writes novels for young adults and authored the Wordsmith creative writing curriculum. Janie resides in rural Missouri.
How much is the president willing to pay to change the meaning of a word?
Book publishers are playing a dangerous game
A closer look at California’s ethnic studies curriculum
Lessons learned from a master memoirist
Liberal Christians punish harshly what they consider apostasy
A college’s fight over racism illuminates the Equality Act
Suffering is real, but it shouldn’t change our identities
Janie B. Cheaney | 2020 made it even harder to find good reads for young minds. Here are our recommendations, along with resources for the adults helping them
Take perfection when you can get it
Janie B. Cheaney | A new movement aims to marginalize books showcasing the "white lens"
