BOOKS by Julia L Mickenberg

Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children's Literature more books like this

by Julia L Mickenberg (Editor), Philip Nel (Editor), Professor Jack Zipes (Foreword by)

In 1912, a revolutionary chick cries 'Strike down the wall!' and liberates itself from the 'egg state'. In 1940, ostriches pull their heads out of the sand and unite to fight fascism. In 1972, Baby X grows up without a gender and is happy about it.Rather than teaching children to obey authority, to conform, or to seek redemption through prayer, ...

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Learning from the Left: Children's Literature, the Cold War, and Radical Politics in the United States more books like this

by Julia L Mickenberg

The ways in which the Cold War and McCarthyism circumscribed dissent are well known; less documented are the opportunities they inadvertently created. This book shows how pervasive and influential Left politics were in children's book writing, illustrating, publishing, and dissemination during the middle third of the twentieth century - precisely ...

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