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Why We Shouldn’t Shield Children From Darkness

| Posted in Book Clubs, Picture Books


The conversation has come up a lot lately about how books expose children to a lot of emotions, from fear, to jealousy, to joy, to anger.  Never has children’s literature and young adult fiction been better, but it’s left many of us wondering if some of our students are losing a part of their innocence through some of the books they are reading.  It has left us asking if this is okay.  Matt de la Pena wrote a beautiful article below, and Kate DiCamilo responded.  Both articles brought tears to my eyes, and I encourage you to read them both – with kleenex.

Why We Shouldn’t Shield Children From Darkness

Kate DiCamillo’s response


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