A literature ambassador said most children’s books are ‘crud.’ Now there are calls for him to step down

Author Mac Barnett was appointed to a role that was meant to lift up books for young people. Critics say he did the opposite.

Mac Barnett [Photo: Michael Tullberg/Getty Images]

The literature world is up in arms after a prominent author, who also serves as the national ambassador for young people’s literature, denigrated the quality of the majority of children’s........

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