Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Kids know the darndest things

Check out this interview with Kate DiCamillo on her new book, The Magician's Elephant. I especially liked what she had to say about messages versus lessons in children's books.

To quote the NPR write-up, "DiCamillo says she tries not to underestimate her young audience." (And to that I add, book snobs and/or ignorant know-it-alls should not underestimate children's books.)

"'I think that children, being human beings, are as preoccupied with those big things as we are as adults, and I do think it does them a huge disservice to assume that they are living in a world different from the one that we live in,' she says."

- L'Editrice

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