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Should children’s books come with warnings?

When I am about to read a book, I am often torn by the amount of information I want to know before embarking on reading it. And what I mean by that, is how much of the actual plot do … Continue reading

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Anne Fine says there is no hope in modern children’s books

It would seem, and certainly for Anne Fine, that an era of magical children’s books, that were predominantly based on hope, in part by continually providing unrealistic happy endings, have been replaced by on kids bookcases by books where gritty … Continue reading

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