{"id":4118,"date":"2018-03-13T11:05:22","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T11:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westminsterradio.net\/?p=4118"},"modified":"2018-03-13T11:05:22","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T11:05:22","slug":"how-have-kids-books-changed-gianina-mesina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/how-have-kids-books-changed-gianina-mesina\/","title":{"rendered":"How Have Kid&#8217;s Books Changed? &#8211; Gianina Mesina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We know by now of the many benefits of reading, for our children.. But as headline after headline on revolutionary children&#8217;s books, reaches us, we ask what are our young ones actually reading today?<\/p>\n<p>The concept of what it means to be a child has changed over the years; once deemed an extra breadwinner for the family, nowadays a young child, and their innocence, is fiercely protected by our society. So is this reflected in our books?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4127 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2018\/03\/image1-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Experts have noted changes in young literature, towards active thinking and moral lessons in bullying and self-confidence.<\/p>\n<p>Ginny May went to a bookshop and the Museum of Childhood, to find out more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cue:We know it\u2019s important that our children should read, but what exactly are they reading? Radio 4 takes a look at how children&#8217;s books have changed and what our kid&#8217;s are reading today.<\/p>\n<p>In: &#8220;Chapter One, down the rabbit&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Out: &#8220;&#8230;all lived happily ever after.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/ginny-may\/how-have-kids-books-changed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We know by now of the many benefits of reading, for our children.. But as headline after headline on revolutionary children&#8217;s books, reaches us, we ask what are our young ones actually reading today? The concept of what it means&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-archive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}