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Children's Books
November 9, 2023
Aaron Regunberg
The Grim Truth Behind Our Beloved Children’s Books
My toddler loves books like “But Not the Hippopotamus,” “Babar the Elephant,” and “Yertle the Turtle.” But the world he’s inheriting is losing these animals at an astonishing rate.
April 19, 2016
Sarah Marshall
Bedtime Stories About Jail
Children’s books are finally taking on a pressing subject: mass incarceration and how it affects families.
April 12, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Beverly Cleary Is 100. Ramona Quimby Is Timeless.
Cleary's books may feel outdated today, but their appeal lives on.
October 22, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Maya Angelou and Judy Blume Are Wrong About Childhood Reading
February 21, 2013
Ellen Handler Spitz
Maurice Sendak's Sexuality
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