Episode #127 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topic: Children's Books.

Links:
- Stereotypes in Children‘s Literature: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbxoNDkuHdo
- Belgian bid to ban 'racist' Tintin in the Congo: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8648031.stm
- From Horrible Histories to Babar the Elephant – the 'offensive’ children’s books withdrawn by libraries: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9217615/From-Horrible-Histories-to-Babar-the-Elephant-the-offensive-childrens-books-withdrawn-by-libraries.html
- German article “Morgenländer im Kopf“ about Hatschi Bratschis Luftballon: http://derstandard.at/3375308
- The new Shirts in the geografree shop: http://geografree.com/geografree/Shop.html

Literature:
- Wißmann, Torsten (2010): From Hear to There. Sound and the Cognitive Construction of World in Popular Audioplays. Erdkunde 64 (4): 371-383 (with Stefan Zimmermann)

Announcements:
- Check out the new “Westerkamp“ shirt in the geografree shop: http://geografree.com/geografree/Shop.html

- The INSPIRE Conference 2012
- Saturday 23rd – Wednesday 27th June 2012
- in Istanbul, Turkey
- Theme is "Sharing environmental information, sharing innovation"
- http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/events/conferences/inspire_2012/

Quick Vote:
- "Stereotypes in Children‘s Books"
- http://vote.sparklit.com/web_poll.spark?pollID=1136161&sparkKey=490fba8ed9545a9e4247b3cc1005ba6eb0

Music:
Peephole - Children‘s Show - Album „Strawberry Told Me“
music.mevio.com
Link to the song on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYIRtLM9KQM

Cover:
This weeks episode cover is a mashup of the original Front Line Logo and this picture: http://hoodedutilitarian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Tintin-Congo.jpg

The alternative cover (can be found on our facebook page) is a mashup of the original Front Line Logo and this picture: http://schwertasblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/hatschi-bratschi-s-00.jpg

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