Sticks and Stones: The Troublesome Success of Children's Literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter
Format: kindle
ASIN: B00GOWZIL4
Publish date: November 15th 2013
Publisher: Routledge
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Zipes is a reactionary idiot whose work contains enough glaring factual errors (sample quote: Harry Potter and his friends "study hard and attend all classes. They rarely break the rules of Hogwarts." In the words of whoever had this book before me, HAVE YOU READ THE BOOK?) and unnecessary pessimism...
I'm halfway through this. The main points I've gathered so far are: 1) children are indoctrinated with consumerism from day 1, children's literature is as much to blame as everything else; and 2) there is no such thing as true childrens literature. While I don't necessarily disagree with many of the...
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