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ERIC Number: EJ337772
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1986
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Literature for Children: Avoiding Controversy and Intellectual Challenge.
Adams, Dennis M.
Top of the News, v42 n3 p304-08 Spr 1986
Discusses lack of literature on controversial subjects that can help prepare children and young adults to deal perceptively with complexities of modern world. Highlights include meeting the issues head-on, glorifying armed conflict in video media, avoiding issues of nuclear war, and intellectual depth and dealing with controversial issues. (12 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Censorship, Children, Childrens Literature, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Elementary Secondary Education, Nonprint Media, Publishing Industry, Reading Materials, War
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Media Staff; Practitioners
Language: English
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