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Informationen zum Autor Michelle Ann Abate is an associate professor in the English department at Hollins University. She is the author of Tomboys: A Literary and Cultural History, and the editor of the journal Children's Literature. Klappentext Raising Your Kids Right dispels lingering societal attitudes that narratives for young readers are unworthy of serious political study by examining a variety of texts that offer information, ideology, and even instructions on how to raise kids right, not just figuratively but politically. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. “In Adam’s Fall, We Sinned All”: The Conservative Tradition in U.S. Children’s Literature, Culture, and Politics1 “Give Me Some of That Old-Time Reading”: William Bennett’s The Book of Virtues and the Rise of Right-Leaning Literature for Young Readers2 “I Speak for the National Oak Flooring Manufacturers Association”: Truax, the Anti-Green Movement, and the Corporate Production of Children’s Literature3 Not Just Christianity, But the Christian Right: The Battle over Public Education and the American Sunday School Movement in the Left Behind Series for Kids4 Patriot Acts: Fighting the War on Terror via the Canon Wars in Lynne Cheney’s Picture Books5 Pundit Knows Best: The Self-Help Boom, Brand Marketing, and The O’Reilly Factor for Kids6 “One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State”: Bringing Partisan Politics to Picture Books in Katharine DeBrecht’s Help! Mom! SeriesConclusion. “The Gosh-Darnit, Doggone It, You-Betcha Wink Heard ’Round the World”: The 2008 Presidential Election, the State of the Conservative Movement, and the Future of Rightist Books for Young Readers
