Radical leftist stories...for children In 1912, a revolutionary
chick cries, "Strike down the wall!" and liberates itself from the
"egg state." In 1940, ostriches pull their heads out of the sand
and unite to fight fascism. In 1972, Baby X grows up without a
gender and is happy about it. Rather than teaching children to obey
authority, to conform, or to seek redemption through prayer,
twentieth-century leftists encouraged children to question the
authority of those in power. Tales for Little Rebels collects
forty-three mostly out-of-print stories, poems, comic strips,
primers, and other texts for children that embody this radical
tradition. These pieces reflect the concerns of twentieth-century
leftist movements, like peace, civil rights, gender equality,
environmental responsibility, and the dignity of labor. They also
address the means of achieving these ideals, including taking
collective action, developing critical thinking skills, and
harnessing the liberating power of the imagination. Some of the
authors and illustrators are familiar, including Lucille Clifton,
Syd Hoff, Langston Hughes, Walt Kelly, Norma Klein, Munro Leaf,
Julius Lester, Eve Merriam, Charlotte Pomerantz, Carl Sandburg, and
Dr. Seuss. Others are relatively unknown today, but their work
deserves to be remembered. (Each of the pieces includes an
introduction and a biographical sketch of the author.) From the
anti-advertising message of Johnny Get Your Money's Worth (and Jane
Too)! (1938) to the entertaining lessons in ecology provided by The
Day They Parachuted Cats on Borneo (1971), and Sandburg's mockery
of war in Rootabaga Pigeons (1923), these pieces will thrill
readers intrigued by politics and history-and anyone with a love of
children's literature, no matter what age.
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