Changes To Your Favorite Childhood Book Reflect How Much Society Has Changed Since 1946

Renowned children's book author & illustrator Richard Scarry has made many subtle yet important changes to his book, 'Best Word Book Ever.' All of his tinkering reflects the major growth of society over the past decades:

These changes were noticed by 'The Atlantic's senior photo editor, Alan Taylor - who spotted the differences between his children's new books and his childhood originals - One of the most notable being the addition of fathers cooking in the kitchens.

Dads are perfectly capable & willing to prep their own breakfasts in modern society.

Scarry has been quietly updating his wonderfully whimsical classics to ensure that future generations don't get caught up in outdated gender stereotypes and harmful tropes.

Notice the gender-swapping in something as simple and innocent as playground games - and you really get a sense of just how strongly some of these subliminal messages could be to children.

The oldschool "damsel in distress" trope has been dropped.

Stereotypical representations of Native Americans have been removed outright.

This page from Scarry's original book shows all-gender dependent job titles, such as policeman, cowboy, milkman, etc. Several of these jobs don't even exist sixty years later.

More modern jobs have been added, such as "scientist" and "taxi driver", with less emphasis on gender.

Another interesting change we've spotted is the switch from a big-scary-rhinoceros-man dentist to a much more kind teddy-bear-lady-dentist.

What do you think of Scarry's subtle updates to his classics? Should all prolific figures take such care to help guide future generations in a more open-minded direction? Or is this all just trying too hard to be politically correct? Let us know in the comments below!