This is the stuff of satire, the same reflexive liberalism that’s led to safe spaces on college campuses or the expulsion of contrarian guest speakers or the decrying of “ableist” language such as “crazy” (insensitive to the mentally ill, don’t you know?). Librarians, publishers and booksellers, Diaz said, “need to stop talking about diversity and start decolonizing our shelves.” Only Indians lived there,” in her 1935 work “ Little House on the Prairie.” Speaking at the American Booksellers Association gathering in January, Diaz condemned Wilder for writing the lines “There were no people. Among Wilder’s critics is none other than Junot Diaz, the once unassailable author and activist. In other words, the true, narrow and often fearful worldview of a young pioneer girl in 1870s America is not sufficiently P.C. Wilder’s books, the ALSC said, are now deemed unacceptable, containing “expressions of stereotypical attitudes inconsistent with core values of inclusiveness, integrity and respect, and responsiveness.” As of June, it is now the generic “Children’s Literature Legacy Award.” In a unanimous decision, the Association for Library Service to Children renamed a lifetime achievement award honoring Laura Ingalls Wilder for her contribution to children’s literature.
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“The fourth book in the Martha Years series, which relates the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Scottish great-grandmother, begins when 10-year-old Martha leaves home for the first time.
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