From: Kathleen Horning <horning>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:56:57 -0500

Even prior to the McKissack's rewrite, a chapter about Prince Bumpo wishing he were white so he could marry Sleeping Beauty was deleted all together from the book club edition in the 1960s. But that wasn't the book that won the Newbery. Lofting was awarded the Medal for the second book in the series, "The Voyages of Dr Dolittle." The text of that one remains unchanged, although there are new illustrations by Michael Hague in the current edition.

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----- Original Message ----- From: Monica Edinger <monicaedinger at gmail.com> Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 1:24 pm Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] MINDERS OF MAKE-BELIEVE To: leonardsma at aol.com Cc: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu


> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 1:16 PM, <leonardsma at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Weren't some of the illustrations for Doctor Dolittle redone in
> order to
> > eliminate offense racial stereotypes?
> >
>
> The Story of Doctor Dolittle has a very problematic storyline that was
> substantially reworked by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack in the 80s.
>
> Monica
>
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