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Children today live in a world chock-full of hidden agendas, from direct misinformation to subliminal indoctrination. Whether it’s TV commercials telling kids they ought to be bribed into eating vegetables, or popular video game companies trying to drag children into their own corporate lawsuits, there have definitely been easier times to be a parent. Without much in the way of critical thinking skills, kids make easy prey for any company, politician, or even a children’s book author with a narrative to push.  We know to be wary of corporations and politicians, but we’d really like to ...

In China, an interesting new fiction bestseller is mixed with nonfiction—and become a point of debate among Chinese readers. In illustrated books, a title for only children has a touching message. On the banks of the Yangtze in Wuhan, a February 14 shot of citizens out for celebrations of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Ox. Image – iStockphoto: Julien Viry Controversy Sells There were six new titles on the Beijing OpenBook overall bestseller list in fiction in January, and in three cases, they moved quite quickly by this market’s standards, having been published within three months ...