Local authors CNA spoke to were against the initial move to rewrite the children's classics, with one asking why readers should be shielded from the meaning of 'fat' or 'ugly'.
Mr David Seow, a Singaporean children's book author, thinks the changes were unnecessary to begin with.
"If we sugarcoat everything a character says in a book that may be offensive, what are we going to do when young readers meet people who may have the same traits in real life?" In the wake of the incident, Mr Seow added that he would not be changing what he writes about even if he is told his books are “too gender-specific”.
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