The most popular kids books were by Enid Blyton, especially with the little Muslim girls. Ironic, given that for years she was banned from schools for being racist.
Well, actually, there were only ever one or two libraries which refused to stock them. They were never banned. The books you read were most likely heavily re-written to remove the worse offences. They have been subjected to successive rewriting over the years. I had some of the pre-rewrite editions as a boy and even at the age of ten I could see they were a bit suspect.
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Date: 2006-07-18 02:41 pm (UTC)From:Well, actually, there were only ever one or two libraries which refused to stock them. They were never banned. The books you read were most likely heavily re-written to remove the worse offences. They have been subjected to successive rewriting over the years. I had some of the pre-rewrite editions as a boy and even at the age of ten I could see they were a bit suspect.