There's a conversation about gender roles in children's books

[conuly]

Here at feminist. I'm sure it'll be interesting, so I'm directing you towards it in advance.

Am I the only one who shuts off the criticizing part of her brain when reading kid's books?

Edit: *cracks up* This is well worth reading.

Comments

[griphus.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, that explains a whole lot (including the fact that I thought the earlier publication date was just a typo, as I have a compendium of all four).

[packbat.livejournal.com]

Yep! It also explains why #3 didn't seem as good as #'s 1-2; she was trying to connect #2 to #4th-but-written-first, and she had trouble making it work. Not to mention explaining the series being called The Enchanted Forest Chronicles when the Enchanted Forest was only a small part of the first three books out of four.

Actually, strangely enough, I liked Talking to Dragons. Objectively, it wasn't as good as any of the predecessors, but I found the characters quite charming.