>While Scholastic has gotten a lot of press these last couple of weeks about censoring its book club selections, this is not new; the company has been cleaning up its club editions ever since dirty words started appearing in children’s books. Six Boxes of Books has the best analysis of the controversy I’ve seen yet. [...]
>Here, Kitty
September 24, 2009 By 2 Comments
>On October 3, the Eric Carle Museum is sponsoring a panel discussion about the legacy of NYT children’s book editor Eden Ross Lipson along with a display of books from an exhibition Eden had been planning for the museum, “The Silent Cat.” While it is NOT true that the Caldecott Committee awards extra points for [...]
>September October Horn Book Magazine
September 9, 2009 By 1 Comment
>Last one standing, again.
May 10, 2009 By 1 Comment
>A belated secret message
April 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
>To the person who mailed us an anonymous submission in response to my query for suggestions for changes to the Horn Book Magazine: while we could, if warranted, publish an article by an Anonymous, we would need to verify who you are before doing so. But I do thank you for the very helpful thoughts. [...]
>Presto, change-o
April 25, 2009 By 36 Comments
>Collecting Children’s Books has had a couple of interesting posts about books such as They Were Strong and Good and The Rooster Crows, which have been bowdlerized to reflect changing standards of “appropriateness” in regard to depictions of nonwhite characters. Those are two among several if not many; Mary Poppins, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [...]
>Reading Fun with Goofus and Gallant
April 13, 2009 By 7 Comments
>Help Arthur reclaim his heritage!
March 26, 2009 By 2 Comments
