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 Charli…
have been altered by modifying words that are now deemed offensive., Puffin said the changes were made so that the books “can continue to be enjoyed by all today.”is no longer referred to as “fat” and is now described as “enormous.” The Oompa-Loompas are gender-neutral and no longer referred to as “small men” but are now “small people.” Additionally, they are not described as “tiny,” “titchy” or “no higher than my knee.
The changes were made by the publisher Puffin in conjunction with the Roald Dahl Story Company, which is now owned by Netflix. Sensitivity readers were hired to review the books in 2020.had alterations too particularly when the Centipede sings, “Aunt Sponge was terrifically fat/And tremendously flabby at that,” and, “Aunt Spiker was thin as a wire/And dry as a bone, only drier.
As society begins to create more consciousness around mental health, words like “crazy” and “mad” were also edited.
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