A fact from Children and Television: Lessons from Sesame Street appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 04 July 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Gerald S. Lesser wrote Children and Television in 1974 to defend Sesame Street against its critics?
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Ok, first thing's first- there's no way that non-free images of Lesser or Sendak are justified. We do not need to know what they looked like in order to understand the book- that's a flagrant violation violation of NFCC#8. They need to be removed.
"Gerald S. Lesser was a Biglow Professor" Was the, surely?
"Davis credited Lesser's "informal, unpretentious, and collaborative" [11] manner with the creation of that close relationship." Move the ref to the end of the line?
You have here a very well-written article giving the background of the early years of SS and what seems to be a solid synopsis of the book. However, you have next to no responses to the book. Now, finding reviews would be very difficult for a book this old, but Google Scholar suggests that it's very well-cited- do any of the works which cite it perhaps mention anything about it? It's value, any inaccuracies, any absences? Has it become dated, or does it remain a valuable resource? Does the author develop the ideas in subsequent publications? Ideally, I'd want to see a little more about responses to the book, whatever their form. J Milburn (talk) 22:01, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Update: I was able to address the bullet-points above, but your second request may take me a little longer. For some reason, I'm unable to access from home the university library where I work during the school year. I'm going to try and do some editing on campus, but due to RL stuff, it may take me a few days to get there. Please be patient with me and please don't fail the nom until I can resolve them. Thanks. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 04:20, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Good, I'm glad, thanks for your patience. I was able to get access to the library (Go Vandals!), and so I've been able to add the reviews you requested. I, like you probably will be, was surprised at how few I was able to find. But that's what was there. Yes, the book has been mentioned often in some articles, but it was mostly to refer to the origins of The Show, and nothing specific about its influences. My personal belief is that it's due to the fact that other than die-hard fans of The Show (like me), it hasn't proved to be all that important. I wanted its inclusion in the WP canon on Sesame Street because I think that it's an important piece about its history and development. I hope that it's enough. Again, thanks. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 21:59, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
