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title: "Don't Tell the Grown-Ups: The Subversive Power of Children's Literature"
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# Don't Tell the Grown-Ups: The Subversive Power of Children's Literature

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In sixteen spirited essays, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alison Lurie, who is also one of our wittiest and most astute cultural commentators, explores the world of children's literature--from Lewis Carroll to Dr. Seuss, Mark Twain to Beatrix Potter--and shows that the best-loved children's books tend to challenge rather than uphold respectable adult values.

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