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‘Books can be mirrors or books can be windows’: How to decide what kids should read
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audio
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Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Sep 20, 2023
Episode Duration |
00:49:00

From book bans to comics and the strange origins of fairy tales, this hour we look at children's literature and talk about who decides what is appropriate for children to read.

GUESTS: 

  • Carol St. George: Professor of teaching and curriculum and director of reading and literacy at the Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester
  • Adam Gidwitz: Author of A Tale Dark and Grimm and its companions, as well as The Inquisitor’s Tale and The Unicorn Rescue Society; he is also the creator of the podcast Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest, and he produced the adaptation of A Tale Dark and Grimm for Netflix
  • Maria Tatar: Research professor of folklore and mythology at Harvard University; her latest book is The Heroine with 1001 Faces
  • Carol Tilley: Comics historian, librarian, educator, and youth advocate; she is a professor in the faculty of the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois

This show was produced with Stacey Addo.

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