This essay will construct a
challenge to three novels for children with respect to their inherent
biases: Paula Fox's "The
Slave Dancer", Lynne Reid Banks' "The Indian in the Cupboard", and Rudyard Kipling's "How the Leopard Got his Spots". In constructing this
challenge, I believe that it is important that I explain my own
biases and how they influence my challenge. I would argue that it would be arrogant for educators or parents today to consider that we are without biases.