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.
With time and intentionality, children can develop the lost skills of comprehension
DEI has become a supreme value in U.S. culture and an idolatrous end in itself
Looking for the good news happening all around
CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF THE YEAR—NONFICTION | Co-winners tell of ancient seeds and an exploited elephant
Janie B. Cheaney | ESSAY | Efforts to restrict explicit books in school libraries hit a judicial roadblock
CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF THE YEAR—FICTION | A boy finds life lessons in a mythological Greek hero
Even amid bad news, we have plenty of reasons for gratitude
The education establishment recommends social and emotional learning over cognitive skills
Conservative Christians didn’t, but we must be careful not to burn down the country in response
The cost of raising children in America raises good questions about parents’ motives
