Revisiting Violence in the World of Peter Rabbit: Beatrix Potter’s Belief in the Capacity of Children

Abstract

According to a recent report from the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, the number of book titles targeted for censorship has reached the highest documented level in the last twenty years—more than 4,000 unique titles. While many of these books faced scrutiny “for representing the voices and lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC individuals,” more than half of the books targeted were found objectionable for other reasons.