Gordon Campbell: On Classic Children’s Books - Badger’s Parting Gifts

Maybe the only thing worse than the ‘adults being wacky’ kind of children’s book is the sort of story that sets out to preach an explicit moral lesson to its captive audience. The result can end up hammering into children that we shouldn’t judge people by their skin colour, destroy the earth to make a buck, or disobey the Lord. Worthy sentiments, no doubt.