Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children's Literature

by Philip Nel

Book Overview

Check out this interview with the author on C-SPAN In 1912, a revolutionary chick cries, "Strike down the wall " and liberates itself from the "egg state." In 1940, ostriches pull their heads out of the sand and unite to fight fascism. In 1972, Baby X grows up without a gender and is happy about it. Rather than teaching children to obey authority, to conform, or to seek redemption through prayer, twentieth-century leftists encouraged children to question...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814757200
• ISBN13: 9780814757208
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 2.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.3" x 11.2"