A few days ago I compiled links about revised books (some are mine and some are from others who work in children's literature) and inserted them in my post about A Fine Dessert. Today, I'm putting them on a stand-alone page. If you know of other changes, do let me know. This set of links will eventually appear at Teaching for Change.
We are rarely told why these books were changed, and we're rarely told when the change itself is made. Some changes are no-change, really, because the ideology of the book (writer?) is still there, beneath the words that get changed. Some changes--like the ones in picture books--are significant. All of them are, nonetheless, important to know about.
- Apr 21, 2009. They Were Strong and Good for 1940 by Peter Sieruta at Collecting Children's Books
- Nov 1, 2009. Edit(s) to 1935 edition of Little House on the Prairie by Debbie Reese at American Indians in Children's Literature
- Sep 19, 2010. Censoring Ideology (about Doctor Dolittle) by Philip Nel at Nine Kinds of Pie
- Sep 22, 2010. Social Change and Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Everby Lisa Wade at Sociological Images
- Jan 10, 2011. Changing "Injun" to "Indian" in Tom Sawyer by Debbie Reese at American Indians in Children's Literature
- Apr 3, 2013. Joan Walsh Anglund's The Brave Cowboy by Debbie Reese at American Indians in Children's Literature
- Jan 5, 2014: Travers (author of Mary Poppins): "I Lived with the Indians..." by Debbie Reese at American Indians in Children's Literature
- Oct 1, 2015: Big News about Hoffman's Amazing Grace by Debbie Reese at American Indians in Children's Literature
- Nov 20, 2015. A Beloved Classic: 95% Less Offensive by Elizabeth Bird at School Library Journal
- Nov 11, 2015. Ladybug Girl in Headdress? Gone! by Debbie Reese at American Indians in Children's Literature
- Nov 13, 2015. Revisions to The Case for Loving by Debbie Reese at American Indians in Children's Literature
- Jan 9, 2016. Revised! Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire's ABRAHAM LINCOLN by Debbie Reese at American Indians in Children's Literature
I'm glad to hear about these. But I'm hoping someone can help me find more information aout the new edition of Amazing Grace as well as the new edition of Ladybug Girl. I can't find that edition of Amazing Grace for sale in the U.S. I also checked Amazon for the newest edition of the Ladybug Girl book but can only find the "super fun" gift edition. That's great, but not something we'd order for a library as it includes a poster, paperdolls and stickers.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to look into this some more, but if anyone knows anything, can you help?
Interesting information, Meggan, about both books!
ReplyDeleteI'm finding what I think you already found. GRACE is only available on Amazon UK--not Amazon US.
The copy of Ladybug Girl that I saw was at the local Barnes and Noble, and it had those stickers and poster.
Really interesting to dig into this... lack of availability for both.
Meggan--Roger Sutton of HORN BOOK said that GRACE will be available in January.
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