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19. Nov 2007|17:18 |
"London, Nov 19: Political correctness is taking a toll on children's books, for publishers have now started censoring kids' literature over health and safety fears.
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Ms Gardner revealed that publishers had insisted she change one of the scenes in her new book 'Who Wants A Dragon', all because it featured a dragon toasting marshmallows on flames from his nostrils as he sat around a campfire.
They insisted she change the scene because it looked "dangerous and goes against health and safety".
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Yet another example of this politically correct nature of publishers came to the fore when they asked her to change another scene in her novel, 'When Poppy and Max Grow Up', which showed a little boy climbing a ladder.
"They didn't allow Max to be on a ladder because they thought it was precarious. But when I changed it, I had him standing on a pile of three paint cans, which is much more dangerous, and they didn't have a problem with that," she said.
"There is also a cooker in the story and I had one of the elements glowing red, because the cooker was switched on. But they didn't allow that either, and I had to change it to green.""
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