Many of the children's and middle grades novels in the public domain are not actually good for children.
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Many of the children's and middle grades novels in the public domain are not actually good for children.
This is largely due to shifting language, but shifting values also play a huge role.
What are some public domain children's stories that hold up for modern kids?
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Many of the children's and middle grades novels in the public domain are not actually good for children.
This is largely due to shifting language, but shifting values also play a huge role.
What are some public domain children's stories that hold up for modern kids?
@ajroach42 Honestly, the original version of Nancy Drew that is soon to enter the public domain. The later 50s edits toned the girls down closer to 50s morals, but the original 1930s held up last I tracked it down.
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Many of the children's and middle grades novels in the public domain are not actually good for children.
This is largely due to shifting language, but shifting values also play a huge role.
What are some public domain children's stories that hold up for modern kids?
@ajroach42 I read The Lord of the Rings when I was in fourth grade. It is not a problem if values are different. That is part of the reason we read, to experience other value systems. The real problem is that most kids do not read anything. There are always some that do, but most don't. The percentage of most is now much greater.
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@ajroach42 I read The Lord of the Rings when I was in fourth grade. It is not a problem if values are different. That is part of the reason we read, to experience other value systems. The real problem is that most kids do not read anything. There are always some that do, but most don't. The percentage of most is now much greater.
@jredlund @ajroach42 I think by values different, he means like Rudyard Kipling's unexamined racism presented as fact in a lot of stories and stuff like that, when given to kids who soak up facts.
Like, that's part of the reason Huck Finn has become more of a high school book, so that we can present historical nuance to kids with brains that have gotten to the point they can handle historical nuance.
