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MSNBC - Books: Rewriting History

A look at the trend to publishing history books and historical fiction for children that don't gloss over the truth.

"Nobody specifically tracks sales of kids' history books, but publishers and booksellers agree it's a hot niche, and not the old sanitized version of events. Many of the new books aimed at kids 4 and older take a surprisingly sophisticated look at our world and our heroes, warts and all. "There's been this amazing leap in the quality and breadth of the topics," says Ilene Cooper, children's-book editor for the American Library Association's Booklist."

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