redfield but it is written in a very silly town in he is better known for his work right teeing the i can read books like sammy this deal in the dna the dinosaur but the art work is by johnson who was by a hero than the purple crayon. >>host: and you have the sign he was holding? >>guest: no. he was the art editor and most of the children's books authors the iraqi either directly active with radical movements over quite sympathetic to them. >>host: when you look at some of the examples of the bid 20th century, is a little 90 the way they are set up? is that fair? tried to include stuff that people would want to read. the nice thing is we had tons to choose from even with 44 pieces we could selected down but we also wanted to high of historical accuracy to include what seemed like totally ridiculous things today because it is funny the best is abc for martin and it has things like k is for crum and where staal lives. and i do not want to share with my kids as an example of useful literature but as a historical example doing this as the act of historical recovery to say they think when

redfield, the art editor for, i think, the new pioneer, a children's magazine, and mr. his is a story about a guy who owns an entire town and owns everybody in it, and is, you know, bad to his workers, and the workers eventually revolt, but it's written in a silly tone, and he is better known for his work writing i can read books like danny and the dinosaur and sammy the seal. he's a popular author. on the cover there, the artwork is by crockett dawson. >> did you add the sign he's holding? >> no, no, that was in there. he was an art editor. many of the most popular and well-known children's book authors were directly active in radical movements or quite sthettic to them -- sympathetic to them, so john is another example. >> when you look at the examples, particularly the mid-20th century, does it seem -- is it a little bit comical or a little bit naive the way these are set up, is that fair to say about them? >> absolutely. we were trying to include people would actually want to read. there was, you any, the nice thing is we had tons to choose from. even though there's