Whilst working with the kiddie gardeners on the difference between ficiton =
and non-fiction, I shared Julius, by Syd Hoff. It's one of those books =
that stays on the shelf because it is appropriate for beginning readers =
and because of the author. BUT...
Today I paid attention to the sterotyped depictions of Africans, the "fat =
woman" (actually, she's morbidly obese) from the circus, and how all of =
the animals want to be taken out of thier environment and be placed in a =
circus cage. I could probably list more, but will stop now.
An innocent, kid friendly book when it was published in 1959, I woonder =
about its appropriateness today. =20
Your thoughts?=20
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