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crl-15813	Harger, Elaine	Mickenberg, Julia L. Learning from the Left: Children’s Literature, the Cold War, and Radical Politics in the United States. N.Y.; Oxford: Oxford Univ. Pr., 2006. 389p. alk. paper $19.95 (paper), $74 (cloth) (ISBN 0195152816; 0195152808). LC 2004-65457.	2006	3	.pdf	application/pdf	1861	68	52	She describes in detail how leftist authors, illustrators, and editors grappled with producing books that treated racism honestly and openly for children, and she discusses the development of books that featured stories of the positive con- tributions made by minorities, especially African Americans, to U.S. society. What makes Mickenberg’s book so welcome is that it investigates, not textbooks, but another group of books produced for children, trade books written by leftist authors who largely escaped the eagle eyes of right- wing censors in mid-twentieth century.	cache/crl-15813.pdf	txt/crl-15813.txt