“The Party” by Jamaica Kincaid is one of the most unusual and most powerful children’s books I have read in a long time. But what is it about?
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It’s not very often that you can experience art without any preconceptions from awards or reviews. I experienced the pure joy of Doug Salati’s “Hot Dog” without having any idea that it had won the 2023 Caldecott Medal.
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To read Jean Jullien’s illustrated children’s book of “Imagine” is to achieve the kind of transcendent, dismantled experience that John Lennon depicted in his iconic song.
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Shortly after I graduated from high school, my parents moved to Nantucket full-time.
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In the name of progress, the people of Nantucket once almost paved their famous cobblestone streets.
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I made an easy DIY advent calendar out of children’s books from my local library, and now I’ll read a new book every day until Christmas.
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Is Mulan racist? The live action film has been criticized for being offensive, Orientalist, essentialist, and more. As a former anthropologist, I have to wonder if it’s Disney we should be blaming.
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Sure, a lot of folk music for kids sounds like a cross between Barney and John Denver. But there is great folk music too that stands out from the crowd and is a whole lot more than just dopey vanilla strumming.
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Richa Kumar is an artist and landscape architect living in Hampshire, UK.
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