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

2 Ratings: 2.0

A book by Philip Nel

“Financial behemoths have been nationalized. There are even rumors of universal health care. Socialism is on the march! As we leave capitalism behind, the traditionalists among you may be wondering: Will they come for our children? Too late. As … see full wiki

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Author: Philip Nel

Publisher: NYU Press

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review by kfontenot. April 06, 2009

With A Rebel Yell, She Cries, "Dull, dull, dull"

"Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children's Literature" is a decent collection of children's literature from the not-so-distant past. It is littered with excerpts from children's tales that range from socialism to religion to race relations. The reader is given reasonably solid doses of printed propaganda in sections with headings such as "Organize" and "History and Heroes." It features quite a few well known authors including Langston Hughes and Dr. Seuss. … more

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review by TheAncientReader. October 18, 2008

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NOT BAD IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS SORT OF THING

From a historical aspect, this is a very well researched work and one that is needed. The authors have gathered many of the old stories, poems, cartoons and other works from a bye gone era and made them available in a very readable format. For the most part, the works presented in this 273 page book are pure Lenin, Marx, Stalin and their ilk as to subject matter and reason for existence. Being interested in this sort of thing, I found this collection to be quite valuable. The authors have given … more

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