“When Barnett rails against the ‘didacticism’ of some books, we wonder who defines didactic? For Black and brown authors, for queer and trans authors, we have seen that very word used as a cudgel and dog whistle to decry the necessary diversification of children’s literature.”
Children’s authors and educators are up in arms after words by National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Mac Barnett, from his new essay collection for adults, 'Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children,' cast aspersions on the vast majority of work published for young readers.
Good- and Gentlefolk,
I give you the grandest nursery song ever to be penned in Merry England:
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Tommy_Thumb%27s_Pretty_Song_Book
ARC Review: Judy Blume: A Life by Mark Oppenheimer #bookreviews #reading #childrenslit #NetGalley #youngadult #readingjewishly #nonficreadingchal
https://thebookstop.wordpress.com/2026/03/10/arc-review-judy-blume-a-life-by-mark-oppenheimer/
A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle
The writer whose words are going to be read by children has a heavy responsibility. And yet, despite the undeniable fact that the children’s minds are tender, they are also far more tough than many people realize, and they have an openness and an ability to grapple with difficult concepts which many adults have lost. Writers of children’s literature are set apart by their willingness to confront difficult questions.Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
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The writer whose words are going to be read by children has a heavy responsibility. And yet, despite the undeniable fact that the children’s minds are tender, they are also far more tough than many people realize, and they have an openness and an ability to grapple with difficult concepts…
Many of George MacDonald’s works are available for download via @gutenberg_org
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/127
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RETHINKING GEORGE MACDONALD
Contexts & Contemporaries
16 essays on MacDonald’s place in the Victorian literary scene, his engagement with the works of his contemporaries, & his interest in the social, political, & theological movements of his age—also online via Project MUSE
5/5
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/occasional_papers/rethinking_george_macdonald/
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Mark Twain & George MacDonald: The Salty & the Sweet
“Both SIR GIBBIE and HUCKLEBERRY FINN explore questions of ethics & truth through the life of an unusually bright & unusually unfortunate boy […] and they have at least twenty plot elements in common.”
—Kathryn Lindskoog explores the connections between the works of George MacDonald & Mark Twain.
3/5
https://www.discovery.org/a/853/
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