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Mac Barnett, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, recently wrote that roughly 94.7 percent of children’s books are crud.

Mac Barnett, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, recently wrote that roughly 94.7 percent of children’s books are crud. The kidlit world erupted. He apologized. For the record: he was wrong. Children’s literature produces some of the most vital, courageous, deeply human work in publishing.

But I’ve been thinking about his comment not as a …

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