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Classic Children’s Literature Isn’t All Rainbows and Butterflies

November 14, 2018 by Leahbmartin 3 Comments

Classic Children’s Literature Isn’t All Rainbows and Butterflies

When author Geraldine McCaughrean accepted her second Carnegie Medal for excellence in writing children's literature last summer, she took the opportunity to make a statement. She said that the dumbing down of children's literature is, “wantonly creating an underclass of citizens with a small but functional vocabulary: easy to manipulate and … [Read more...]

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