Share There is still a lot of good stuff out there. But an awful lot of them do preach, Ms Cooley told the Daily Telegraph. They preach colour, difference, they preach about (being) gay and lesbian … there is one about how not to be a racist baby.
Ms Cooley believes children can be introduced to these topics in an age-appropriate manner through other family activities instead of books.
The rise in books covering climate change, gay parents and racism has seen children fall out of love with reading (stock image)
UTS children s literacy expert Professor Rosemary Johnson agrees many children s books have lost their depth in the storyline and characters.
inches of snow for northern michigan. rain turns to snow through the ohio valley and rain showers through the carolinas. rain and mountain snow for the northwest and much-needed rain as far south as san diego. you have 40s in the upper midwest. 50s and 60s almost everywhere else. hot spot, miami and phoenix. phoenix 93. when you can combine halloween with an animal story, you know we ll lose it here at world news now. that animal is a very busy squirrel. he s carving that pumpkin with all the precision of a wayward laser. first the eyes and the nose. at one point he has to chase off some other squirrels. two eyes. he might know what he s doing here. he looks like he knows what he s doing. okay. the little guy looks like he s carving this pumpkin. look at this. he chases off which is which? is that the same squirrel? it s the same squirrel.
up to four inches of snow for northern michigan. rain turns to snow through the ohio valley and rain showers through the carolinas. rain and mountain snow for the northwest and much-needed rain as far south as san diego. you have 40s in the upper midwest. 50s and 60s almost everywhere else. hot spot, miami and phoenix. phoenix 93. when you can combine halloween with an animal story, you know we ll lose it here at world news now. that animal is a very busy squirrel. in a milwaukee back yard. yes, he s carving that pumpkin with all the precision of a wayward laser. first the eyes and the nose. at one point he has to chase off some other squirrels. two eyes. he might know what he s doing here. he looks like he knows what he s doing. okay. the little guy looks like he s carving this pumpkin. look at this. he chases off which is which? is that the same squirrel? it s the same squirrel.
pittsburgh. rain turns to snow in ohio and kentucky. showers from raleigh down to miami. thunderstorms from the gulf coast to memphis. and some snow showers around denver, cheyenne, and helena. 50s from seattle to colorado springs. and just 1 degree in fargo. brr. minneapolis barely gets out of the single digits. 56 degrees in atlanta. near 50 here in new york before snow moves in after midnight. well, it s been a pretty tough winter for iet sculptors out there. too warm in a lot of places for their kind of work. but in wausau, wisconsin the team usa snow sculptors are thrilled that a dip in the temperatures is allowing them to get to work. they re extracting a dinosaur from a huge block of ice near the grounds of the woodson art museum. it s part of an exhibit featuring the work of children s book author james gurney and his dinotopia series. if the weather holds, the dinosaur should be finished by tomorrow. those guys are talented. they really are. that s not easy work.