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Cargando... Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children's Literaturepor Julia L. Mickenberg
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. From a historical aspect, this is a very well researched work and one that is needed. The authors have gathered many of the old stories, poems, cartoons and other works from a bye gone era and made them available in a very readable format. For the most part, the works presented in this 273 page book are pure Lenin, Marx, Stalin and their ilk as to subject matter and reason for existence. Being interested in this sort of thing, I found this collection to be quite valuable. The authors have given us a wonderful introduction and history before each piece is presented. Many of the works are quite blatant in their strident voice and it is very obvious what their authors were trying to present. Others are a bit sneaky, and it is good to have a good commentary to accompany them. The reader should be warned though; this IS NOT a collection of works that will be well accepted by modern youth. This is not a collection of children’s bed time stories. Now I say this with the assumption that the parents are not died in the wool communists of the Stalin type. If that is your thing, then perhaps the stories will be right down your ally. I suppose children could be read these things as a background for the study of a completely failed system. I am giving this one four stars because it is very well done and very well presented. Some of the stories addressing racial equality, human rights and women’s rights, are actually pretty good and make good points. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
From the Publisher: 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, twentieth-century leftists encouraged children to question the authority of those in power. Tales for Little Rebels collects forty-three mostly out-of-print stories, poems, comic strips, primers, and other texts for children that embody this radical tradition. These pieces reflect the concerns of twentieth-century leftist movements, like peace, civil rights, gender equality, environmental responsibility, and the dignity of labor. They also address the means of achieving these ideals, including taking collective action, developing critical thinking skills, and harnessing the liberating power of the imagination. Some of the authors and illustrators are familiar, including Lucille Clifton, Syd Hoff, Langston Hughes, Walt Kelly, Norma Klein, Munro Leaf, Julius Lester, Eve Merriam, Charlotte Pomerantz, Carl Sandburg, and Dr. Seuss. Others are relatively unknown today, but their work deserves to be remembered. (Each of the pieces includes an introduction and a biographical sketch of the author.) From the anti-advertising message of Johnny Get Your Money's Worth (and Jane Too)! (1938) to the entertaining lessons in ecology provided by The Day They Parachuted Cats on Borneo (1971), and Sandburg's mockery of war in Rootabaga Pigeons (1923), these pieces will thrill readers intrigued by politics and history-and anyone with a love of children's literature, no matter what age. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Update - it's gotten much better. Lots of good stories are in fact mixed in with the text. And of course the text is valuable to scholars, activists, and even interested parents & teachers.
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And done. I don't understand the organization exactly - the dullest & most didactic sections are at the start. However, many of the selections are absolutely priceless and still relevant, and are worth the attention of any Rebel, Little or Grown. For example, I especially enjoyed Oscar the Ostrich" by Jerome Schwartz (aka Jerome Lawrence) and the excerpt from [b:North Star Shining a Pictorial History of the American]. Also included, among many others, were bits by Langston Hughes, Pogo, and Dr. Seuss." ( )