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Rewrite children's books or educate children? The example of Roald Dahl

Rewrite children’s books or educate children? The example of Roald Dahl

Although many of his best-known books date from the 1960s, Roald Dahl is still one of the most popular children’s authors today. The recent decision by publisher Puffin, in conjunction with The Roald Dahl Story Company, to make several hundred revisions to new editions of his novels has drawn widespread criticism, with writer Salman Rushdie going so far as to speak of censorship. […]…