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Friday, February 17, 2012

Subversive Children's Books


Today's post is a reprise due to another stupid migraine. It originally appeared in my other blog written for a creative writing class.

The Today show did a segment on subversive children's books. Some that made the list:

Where the Wild Things Are
Harriet the Spy (one of my favorites)
The Story of Ferdinand
Yertle the Turtle (Dr. Seuss)
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type (no, this is not my memoir) :-)

What children's book would you add to the subversive list?


6 comments:

  1. Hi Melanie, i wanted you to know that I did stop by. Please forgive that I do know think I know of subversive books. Sigh!

    By the way, I hope your migraine lightens up on you. :)

    Big hugs, Amiga!
    ~Virginia

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  2. In Laytonville about thirty years ago, we had a huge flapdoodle over the "Lorax" that went national. Parents with ties to the timber industry, wanted it banned from the third-grade reading list. (You know how subversive those third graders are.) The teachers said, "No way," and the fight of the century was on within our community.

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  3. The battles over books never cease to amaze me. Must watch those third graders, for sure. The FBI probably has files on all the little ones. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. I want Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type to be MY memoir. I can't think of anything particularly subversive off the top of my head, but I am endlessly fascinated and often dismayed by what others consider subversive and outright distressed by their tendency to want to impose their tastes upon others (including, especially third graders).

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  5. I love, LOVE Click Clack Mooo!!!!!

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  6. I don't know what makes a book subversive - especially in childrens literature but I do love Harriet the Spy!

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