Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and Fantastic Mr. Fox are among the texts that received changes Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at PEOPLE ...

Recent automatic updates to e-book editions of works by Roald Dahl, R.L. Stine and Agatha Christie are a reminder of who really owns your digital media. By Reggie Ugwu Amid recent debates over several ...

In her 15 years at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Alvina Ling has edited books that have won Newbery and Caldecott Honors, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Coretta Scott King Medal, the E ...

Several Agatha Christie novels have been edited to remove racist language. Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries written between 1920 and 1976 are among those with new editions with words and descriptions ...

Publisher Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Books, has edited Roald Dahl‘s books in an effort to reflect a more inclusive language. Titles like James and the Giant Peach, Matilda and Charlie and the ...

It comes after it was revealed that phrases such as “shut up” and innocent uses of words including “queer”, “gay” and “brown” had been censored from the books. The beloved English children’s author, ...

Roald Dahl’s books are being edited to remove “offensive” language. The Roald Dahl Story Company (owned by Netflix since 2021) and the publisher Puffin made the changes following a review that began ...