To Change or Not to Change, That is the Question

Recently I did a brief post noting a Guardian article about a dilemma in Germany involving what to do about an older, but still beloved children’s book with some language that is very problematic today. I wasn’t surprised because I had noticed such imagery and language before in my childhood German books and also because this is a difficult situation that is happening in many countries, not just Germany. Now Judith Ridge has written an incredibly thoughtful post related to this, “Censor or su...