Re: [Marxism] books for kids

["sandy rankin" <srankin12@xxxxxxxxx>]

Oscar Wilde's Fairytales that OW wrote for his children. However, those
tales have
a sadness to them. OW indeed. Oh, wow, and ouch.

When I was a kid, I loved *A Wrinkle in Time*. But I don't remember a thing
about
it, except for the tesseract. It could be reactionary for all I know. I also
loved
*Island of the Blue Dolphins*. My nine year old daughter now loves both
books, along
with the *Inkspell *series. I also recall reading a couple of H.G. Wells's
SF novels,
e.g. *The Time Machine*, when I was about 12. Did they have violence and
sex?
I don't remember. I've recently read *The Island of Dr. Moreau* and *First
Men in
the Moon.* Would they be considered violent? The violence, I suppose, is
under the surface. They're sad books, as are a number of the other
suggestions
I've seen here.  Is "happy" a necessity? I think that's an important
question.

Neil Gaiman's *Coraline* is interesting, and recently become a film, that
I've not
yet seen. Even better, I suspect--I've heard Gaiman read a selection from
it--*
The Graveyard Book*, which is getting terrific reviews.

Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps wrote a book called *Popo and Fifina*, at
which I've only glanced. It looks excellent. I've simply lacked the time for
it, other
books more pressing, as I'm dissertating about China Mieville's stuff, and
Ernst
Bloch (thus, the question about the necessity of "happy," or, "utopian").

You can go here for a description of *Popo and Fifina*.

http://www.answers.com/topic/popo-and-fifina
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