The years 1900–1950, considered in Chapter 4, relate significant societal change and shift as they include World War I, the interwar period and global economic crisis, the adoption of the welfare state, and World War II. Christensen and Appel turn their attention to the influence of the welfare state on the expanding book market in Denmark, "related to a growing interest in the quality and importance of children's reading" (60). Part of the significance of such a political institution is its consideration of children, childhood, and childhood literacy, especially in light of a growing sense that "children had the power to change society" and "ought to be addressed and treated as 'small fellow citizens' and individuals in their own right" (63). If you will permit me, this chapter reads like rapid-fire headlines: the Danish scandal depicting an illustration of Muhammad (85); increasing economic inequality within the welfare state (86); computers and YouTube (87); digitization of books and texts creating increased access for children (88); Instagram and TikTok allowing children to become "(co)producers of content" (89); the impact longer school days have had on Danish libraries (90); the rise of e-books (91–92); scholarly attention to minority authors (94–95); struggling with "Denmark's colonial past and postcolonial challenges" (95); and Greta Thunberg and climate change (96).