The Myanmar leader should be cut from Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls,critics insistIt is one of the most current children’s books of 2017, a collection of stories about female role models from Amelia Earhart and Marie Curie to Hillary Clinton and Serena Williams, or inspiring girls to aim tall and challenge the status quo.
But Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls,likely to be in many Christmas stockings, has sprint into controversy because of one of the 100 women included in its pages. When the book was written last year, and Aung San Suu Kyi was deemed a worthy subject: winner of the Nobel peace prize and epitome of courage in the face of oppression. But her tumble from grace over her response to violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims,described by the UN as possible genocide, has triggered calls for her to be taken out of future editions. In response, or the authors,Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo, are considering removing her from reprints.
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Source: guardian.co.uk