Breaking The Taboo Against Violent Images In Kids’ Books

“There have been many calls to protect the young from violent images, but it’s not often the opposite case is argued, that there aren’t enough aggressive pictures in children’s books. But award-winning children’s author Ted Dewan is conscientiously putting scenes of mayhem and destruction into his latest book, not drawn by an adult but by the children themselves.” They’re the kind of “scenes of slaughter that many boys like to draw.”