Sky News Contributor Joe Hildebrand says children's books don’t have to be re-written. Mr Hildebrand’s remarks come after reports emerged suggesting several of Roald Dahl's titles published by Puffin were being amended to remove outdated and offensive language. “Imagine if you went back through history and actually edited everything you found so it met today’s standards?” he told Sky News host Sharri Markson. “I mean Julius Caesar, he committed genocide … so we wouldn’t have any of that.”
Sky News Contributor Joe Hildebrand says children’s books don’t have to be re-written.
Mr Hildebrand’s remarks come after reports emerged suggesting several of Roald Dahl’s titles published by Puffin were being amended to remove outdated and offensive language. “Imagine if you went back through history and actually edited everything you found so it met today’s standards?” he told Sky News host Sharri Markson.
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