Was the Cat in the Hat Black?: The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books

Nel, Philip

ISBN 10: 019063507X / ISBN 13: 9780190635077

Published by Oxford University Press, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Was the Cat in the Hat Black?: The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019063507X
• ISBN 13: 9780190635077
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

America is again in a period of civil rights activism, and one of the key places that racism continues to hide is books for young people. Was the Cat in the Hat Black? deftly diagnoses this systemic problem and offers concrete suggestions on how we may combat it in children's and young adult literature.

About the Author

Philip Nel is University Distinguished Professor of English at Kansas State University. His many books include Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss: How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children's Literature (UP Mississippi, 2012), Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children's Literature (NYU Press, 2008, co-edited with Julia Mickenberg), The Annotated Cat: Under the Hats of Seuss and His Cats (Random House, 2007), and Dr. Seuss: American Icon (Continuum, 2004).