Introduction: race, racism, and the cultures of childhood
The strange career of The cat in the hat; or, Dr. Seuss's racial imagination
How to read uncomfortably: racism, affect, and classic children's books
Whiteness, nostalgia, and fantastic flying books: William Joyce's racial erasures vs. Hurricane Katrina
Don't judge a book by its color: the destructive fantasy of whitewashing (and vice-versa)
Childhoods "outside the boundaries of imagination": genre is the new Jim Crow
Conclusion: a manifesto for anti-racist children's literature.
