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• Song Name: Episode 16: The Storyteller
• Artist: Timnah
• Album: avocadoknits
• Year: 2010

"Never Gonna Be Bored" is by Adam and the Couch Potatoes.

H. H. Monro (known as Saki) wrote "The Storyteller."

The poet Horace wrote the Ars Poetica, which says (depending on your translation) that "poetry has two aims -- to instruct and to give delight."

You can read a little bit about the history of children's literature at Random History.

American Children's Literature and the Construction of Childhood is by Gail Schmunck Murray.

Louisa May Alcott wrote a lot of stuff for children, including:

* Little Women, followed by Good Wives (sometimes published as part of Little Women)
* Little Men, followed by Jo's Boys
* Eight Cousins
* Rose in Bloom
* An Old-Fashioned Girl, parts one and two

"Lumberin' Bunny" is by Tom Smith.

"It's Windy, Your Majesty" is by KidsCastUK.

The American Library Association has an official Library Bill of Rights. They emphasize that parents should be involved in and will be held responsible for their children's reading. They also say that librarians should withhold from the parents as much information about the child's reading choices as possible:

"Parents are responsible not only for the choices their minor children make concerning the selection of materials and the use of library facilities and resources, but also for communicating with their children about those choices. Librarians should not breach a child’s confidentiality by giving out information readily available to the parent from the child directly. Libraries should take great care to limit the extenuating circumstances in which they will release such information. (ALA, "Questions and Answers on Privacy and Confidentiality." -- scroll down to the question, "Are privacy rights of minors the same as those of adults?")

In case anyone is wondering if I know what I'm talking about regarding the ALA, I got my PhD in Library and Information Science.

James R. Kincaid wrote Child-Loving: The Erotic Child and Victorian Culture, as well as Erotic Innocence: The Culture of Child Molesting.

Anne Geddes takes photographs of babies dressed up or staged as if they were food or flowers, among other things. The purpose of the photographs is to make us think of the Geddes children as consumables, which we can buy a picture of and consume with our eyes over and over without having to deal with the complexities of babies in real life. It works a lot like porn.

"I Wrote a Song About Allergies" is by Kyle Dine.

Emma Cooper does the Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast.

I'm involved with two writers groups affiliated with the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

"Now, That's Magic" is by KidsCastUK.

All the music (and the KidsCastUK bits) were provided by Mevio.com.