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Jen Downey's avatar

Loved this anti-authoritarian kidlit compilation, Bretigne! I hope you'll be okay with my adding a link to my series (however less classic!) for being anti-authoritarian via its free expression themes! http://www.jenswanndowney.com/the-accidental-keyhand.html and http://www.jenswanndowney.com/sword-in-the-stacks.html

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Bretigne's avatar

Yes of course!

I may have to make an updated list soon anyway. This was pre-Covid, and I'm hoping enough has come on the market in the past five years to fill another list.

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Jen Downey's avatar

I'm working on a new one. : )

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Bretigne's avatar

Awesome! Let me know when it's ready and I can help you promote it. Maybe you can come on my podcast to talk about it?

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Hissyfit's avatar

Great post! I grew up thinking I was Pippi Longstocking. My mom gave me a copy of Winnie the Pooh and told me it really wasn’t a children’s book and I should reread it when I grew up.

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Bretigne's avatar

Still one of my all-time favorites!

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Kris Bayer's avatar

I also wrote a children's book that is up on Amazon but currently being re-illustrated. It's about a young girl and her grandfather who tells her stories of the way life was before the "authorities" took over. The Myth of Necessary Evils. Thanks for letting us share!

https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Necessary-Evils-Scribante-Bayer/dp/B0C87VXZSG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1T8PLAAKOG8Z3&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.eIq05AVkoTIsHNfcAq1WG1IWQ8dvLx9Zb4N6XSmVsdlVoDgwu0pM3fhedfT44SS1.feYuL_kYZoPVCZJCGlBXSsfBebmFa-2ev-7H3EBwICY&dib_tag=se&keywords=myth+of+necessary+evils&qid=1755042490&sprefix=the+myth+of+neces%2Caps%2C300&sr=8-1

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David Rinker's avatar

That's all very well, but children don't read books anymore.

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