Category Archives: children’s books

some recent(ish) reads: The Mysterious Howling, Arabel’s Raven, The Ordinary Princess, & A College of Magics

Short reviews of 4 books for young people.

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children’s books from feminist readers: Lara

A guest post by Lara Freidenfelds, an independent scholar and author of The Modern Period: Menstruation in Twentieth-Century America. [Editor's note: The Modern Period is really great; I wrote about it more here.] a beloved book from childhood A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle.  I vividly remember buying this book.  I was browsing at [...]

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children’s books from feminist readers: Anna (part 2 of 2)

Sexual agency and Not a Swan, a young adult novel from 1992.

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