Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ371778
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1988
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Look What They've Done to Judy Blume!: The "Basalization" of Children's Literature.
Goodman, Kenneth S.
New Advocate, v1 n1 p29-41 1988
Uses one basalized revision of Judy Blume's "The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo" to illustrate how publishers change literature to fit their self-imposed constraints. Criticizes publishers' emphasis on learning words and skills, which causes them to fracture and narrow language, and results in adapted and synthetic texts instead of authentic literature. (JK)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Censorship, Childrens Literature, Readability, Reading Materials, Vocabulary Skills, Word Lists
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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