We don’t look at polka dots twice. Our brains immediately recognize that they’re a repeating pattern of dots. The same goes for plaid, chevron or any kind of design. We’re also able to look at a bunch ...

A somewhat similar study that also examined kids’ books, this time looking for specific evidence of gender stereotypes, was ...

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Here are the most notable picture and middle grade books, selected by The Times’s children’s books editor. By Jennifer Krauss Rather than follow the Anglocentric pattern of apple, ball and cat, this ...