Children's books should not have 'patronising' happy endings

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Posted by Jock on June 23, 2014 at 07:54:48 user Jock.

From today's on-line edition of "The Daily Telegraph".

Children's books should not have 'patronising' happy endings, the winner of the Carnegie Medal says...
Speaking at the presentation of the medal, which has previously been won by Arthur Ransome, C.S. Lewis,
Terry Pratchett, Philip Pullman, Noel Streatfeild and Penelope Lively, [Kevin] Brooks added that being
“patronising and condescending” is the “very worst” offence an author can commit.


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