Little for Parents to Fear in Children's Literature ; Comment

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M OST adults have a favourite children's story, whether it's one they read to their own sons and daughters or one they remember from their own schooldays. So it's little wonder that any comments about the nature and content of children's literature tends to divide opinion.

Many readers will have some sympathy with the call from former children's laureate Anne Fine, which we report on today, for a little more hope (and, by implication, a little less gritty realism) in children's books.

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Little for Parents to Fear in Children's Literature ; Comment

While it's true that some of the Enid Blyton-era stories from the 1950s may have little interest for today's youngster...

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