Jennie Ridyard
The naysayers are afraid that children who are introduced to multicultural, nuanced humanity might think differently.
Himself – an author – once wrote a book about bestiality. Well, actually he wrote books about a land of fairytales. Published in 2006, it had huge crossover appeal to teenagers and adults, won awards, and still appears on recommended reading lists – and books that should be banned. The problem is that each familiar story re-told has a twist. Some hilarious, some dark, with Red Ridinghood’s being that she is a canny young woman who measures up the hot man-wolf and decides to have her way with him, going “willingly to lie with wolves”. Good for her. You might...
