Anne Carroll Moore vs. Stuart Little.

Do not, do not, do not miss this article -- it's chock-a-block full of fantastic quotes and stories:

In her New Yorker column, White took aim at Moore: “A number of experts in children’s literature have pronounced ‘The World Is Round' a good book, but that does not surprise me, since, with a few exceptions, the critics of children’s books are remarkably lenient souls. They seem to regard books for children with the same tolerant tenderness with which nearly any adult regards a child. Most of us assume there is something good in every child; the critics go on from this to assume there is something good in every book written for a child. It is not a sound theory.”

Not only is it full of "Ooooo, BURN!"-type quotes, but it reminded me that I'd like to read The Minders of Make-Believe, as well as the letters and essays of E. B. White:

White replied that he had started writing a children’s book, but was finding it difficult. “I really only go at it when I am laid up in bed, sick, and lately I have been enjoying fine health. My fears about writing for children are great—one can so easily slip into a cheap sort of whimsy or cuteness. I don’t trust myself in this treacherous field unless I am running a degree of fever.”

It also, of course, made me want to re-read Stuart Little.