Dear Authors
...of "multicultural" children's books. Is it possible that you could take a short break from writing up every single myth, tall tale, magical biography, fantasy, olde-timey story, and other folk tale that you can possibly find? Because, and I know this is going to be quite a shocker to you, apparently people of color still exist in the present day, like, right now, this minute, the second of May 2006! And these people do things--everyday things! Like going to the grocery store and whatnot! And books about those everyday things are actually kind of interesting to read aloud!
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
posted by Zil @ 10:38 AM
1 Comments:
I completey agree! I remember Gary Soto's tirade at Reading the World in San Francisco. That's why books like Just One More Story (not great, but modern day), Too Many Tamales, It Doesn't Have to be This Way, and nearly all of George Ancona's books get a lot of attention from me. No more Doña Flors, please.
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home