Episode 12: Revisionism

Good Librations Podcast episode 12

This month we dive into a whizz-banging tricky one as we discuss the recent revising of language in children's books. From Roald Dahl to Enid Blyton to Dr Seuss, we take a look at what got cut and why, and what it might mean for the future of children's books.

 

 

Shelf-absorbed (books we reviewed)

Nightbirds – Kate J. Armstrong

Heartstopper – Alice Oseman

 

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman     Nightbird by Kate J. Armstrong        

 

 

Shelf-important (things we mentioned)

General references:

The Exclusive White World of Preservice Teacher’s Book Selections for the Classroom: Influences and Implications for Practice

Authors Weigh in on debate over language changes

Roald Dahl Revisions 

ABC News

The Importance of Children’s Literature as a Means of Public History 

Australia Reads National Survey

Rewriting Dahl

Conservative Book bannings

Roald Dahl and food

Lizi Jackson-Barratt

Children’s books under fire

 

Books/written works:

  • James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
  • Matilda by Roald Dahl
  • The Witches by Roald Dahl
  • The Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • 1984 by George Orwell
  • Possum Magic by Mem Fox
  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
  • The Rainbow Fish by Markus Pfister
  • We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
  • Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy by Lynley Dodd
  • Wombat Stew by Mem Fox
  • Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins
  • Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
  • The Famous Five by Enid Blyton
  • The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
  • Beauty and the Beast by the Brothers Grimm
  • The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
  • Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
  • Doctor Doolittle by Hugh Lofting
  • Babar by Jean de Brunhoff
  • The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer-Bradley
  • Dances with Wolves by Michael Blake
  • The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
  • Circe by Madeline Miller
  • After Alice by Gregory Maguire
  • Ahab’s Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund
  • The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
  • Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
  • David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
  • Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn

 

Authors/publishers:

  • Roald Dahl
  • Puffin
  • Enid Blyton
  • Dr Seuss
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Maurice Sendak
  • E.B. White
  • Eric Carle
  • John Marsden
  • Will Kostakis
  • Jackie French
  • Andy Griffiths
  • David Walliams
  • Agatha Christie

I just can't help my-shelf (more please)

'Offensive' books that have been rewritten From Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to James Bond' by Theara Coleman

 

Books/written works:

  • James Bond series by Iam Fleming
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain


Authors:

  • Agatha Christie

Shelf-obsessed (further reading)

Shelf-Obsessed:

  • James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 
  • Matilda by Roald Dahl 
  • The Witches by Roald Dahl 
  • The Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder 
  • Possum Magic by Mem Fox
  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
  • The Rainbow Fish by Markus Pfister 
  • We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
  • Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy by Lynley Dodd
  • Wombat Stew by Mem Fox 
  • Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins
  • Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak 
  • The Famous Five by Enid Blyton 
  • The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling 
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling 
  • The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 
  • Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 
  • Doctor Doolittle by Hugh Lofting

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

   

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