> .. #ChildrensLiterature has always been ideological. Consider an ABC from the 1680s: ‘A. In Adam’s Fall / We Sinned all.’ And, next to a picture of a Bible, ‘B. Thy Life to Mend / This Book Attend.’ The New England Primer teaches more than just literacy.”.. Teaching children to obey a moral authority can be understood as a #MoralLesson, but it can also be understood as a #PoliticalLesson.”
https://www.themarginalian.org/2011/09/21/tales-of-little-rebels/
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from The 7 Godivas's page.
See #YertleTheTurtle!
#childrensliterature #yertletheturtle #mariapopova #politicallesson #morallesson