Catching Them Young, Volume 1In this volume the writer surveys the world of children's fiction for its ruling attitudes - its sexism, its racism and its overwhelming middle-class bias towards social divisions. It looks at children's literature on both sides of the Atlantic, from Little women and Little black Sambo to the stories of Sendak or the Dr Dolittle series. |
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