tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4717867054789852418.post8872792497882398197..comments2023-12-23T09:12:42.347-08:00Comments on WENDY WATSON'S BLOG: TO CENSOR OR NOT TO CENSORAuthor and Illustrator of Books for Childrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03794207641219472636noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4717867054789852418.post-61806905483045238672015-08-18T09:56:45.691-07:002015-08-18T09:56:45.691-07:00So glad you discovered my blog---and very happy in...So glad you discovered my blog---and very happy indeed to hear from a fan. Thank you!Author and Illustrator of Books for Childrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03794207641219472636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4717867054789852418.post-51274574424491702632015-08-18T08:19:11.468-07:002015-08-18T08:19:11.468-07:00I'm happy to have found your blog! My children...I'm happy to have found your blog! My children and I are a fan of your books. And your post here illustrates one of the biggest reasons childrens' stories are so important: fairy tales aren't unnecessary nonsense, but tools that children can grasp as they learn to navigate life. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4717867054789852418.post-64199904514829208322014-12-31T18:46:00.970-08:002014-12-31T18:46:00.970-08:00Oh, I SO agree that fairy tales are the best! In f...Oh, I SO agree that fairy tales are the best! In fact, I recently picked up a copy of Grimm's fairy tales at a thrift store and have been reading them again! This edition is illustrated by Lily Owens.<br /><br />I have a memory of when our mother, Nancy D. Watson, was writing The Birthday Goat, and her editor (or publisher) wanted her to omit some of the fiercer/scarier parts about the Quadirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02336081546269151701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4717867054789852418.post-63263290040331709442014-12-31T03:33:42.890-08:002014-12-31T03:33:42.890-08:00(Hoping this is not redundant) The first fairy tal...(Hoping this is not redundant) The first fairy tale I remember (trying to read, studying the illustration) was Andersen's Little Match Girl.It made me terribly sad, and ever afterward have pity on orphans, but I knew that my parents would care for and protect me. I am grateful to them and their parents for all the books, the bed time or snow-time reading, and by their total lack of AnneShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457881595057187338noreply@blogger.com