Mia November

8 - The Sinful Child

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2021
Mixed Media
The Sinful Child portrays the earliest written ideas of childhood found in children’s literature, as found in Puritan picture books from the 16th century. Holding the belief that children were born primitive, savage, and innately sinful led to education through fear and didactic religious instruction.

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The Sinful Child
The Sinful Child

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Mia November

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“Little Golden Books illustrates the storied evolution of children’s books through changing adult perceptions of childhood, demonstrating how these deceptively simple stories are never just about...” [More]