Tag: Rosemary Wells

October 18, 2015 by Betsy Bird

Are Historical Heroes Allowed to Have Prejudices in Children’s Literature?

I don’t usually post anything aside from videos on Sunday but after attending the IBBY Conference in NYC this past weekend this topic came up and seemed well worth pursuing. Not long ago I reviewed The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz. It’s a fine, unique historical novel about a 14-year-old girl who escapes a […]