Hans Christian Andersen What did children read before him? December 16, 2012 at 11:39 AM by Rand Simberg 3 Comments Filed under Education, Popular Culture, Social Commentary
Take a look at a grade school primer from a hundred years ago. Reading then was about creating adults. Reading today is about creating adult children.
No children books in the Medieval Ages. Hah. They had Marco Polo’s Il Milione.
Take a look at a grade school primer from a hundred years ago. Reading then was about creating adults. Reading today is about creating adult children.
“What did children read before him?”
The Thomas Hardy Boys?