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What Harry Potter Means to Me | ft Universal Orlando Resort

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Have you heard? Podcasts are all the rage!

There's something on every topic under the sun, which means, of course, that there is a good collection of podcasts on children's literature (not to mention those for book-loving grown-ups too).

We've rounded up some of the very best, because the only thing better than listening to a good book is listening to people talk about those good books.

The Read-Aloud Revival
If you want to read to kids (whether that's your own children, or in a classroom, library, or bookstore), this podcast is a must-listen. Check out episodes like " How to Read the Classics with Kids (Even If You've Never Read Them Before)" or " Reading to Kids with Special Needs." With lots of interesting guests on the show who are experts in a variety of areas, plus tons of practical tips, you'll love every episode.

All the Wonders
All the Wonders is a website produced and hosted by an incredible array of librarians, authors, and illustrators who all know and love children's literature. Each week their podcast interviews an author or illustrator and if you thought you loved their books before, wait until you hear all the behind-the-scenes. (You can also check out their Picturebooking Podcast, which focuses on the creation of picture books and why they matter, for a slightly different spin on all things books.)

What Should I Read Next?
For grown-up book lovers, this is just the MOST fun podcast (although she does interview children from time to time, so it's not only for adults). Every episode is an interview with a reader and they choose three books they love, one book they hate, and their current read, then Anne Bogel (known online as Modern Mrs. Darcy) chooses three book recommendations for them. Anne is incredibly well-read, a master at pinpointing similarities in books, and has a voice, as a friend of mine described it, "like rich dark chocolate."
We'd love your recommendations too! As we all know, podcasts are best shared via word of mouth, so let us know what we should be subscribing to.

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8 of the Best Kids' Lit Podcasts (and a Few for Grown-Ups Too) | Brightly

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A cranky neighbor puts Lyle in the zoo but experiences a change of heart when the crocodile saves him from a fire....

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'The Rainbow Fish' read by Ernest Borgnine

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One Green Apple by Eve Bunting | Scholastic

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Ikarus Jackson is tormented at school because of his wings but Ikarus is strong enough to be different, strong enough to be proud of what makes him unique.

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50th Anniversary

Available Editions

Slipcase Mini

HarperCollins Publishers

Originally published in 1964

64 pages

ISBN: 006028451X

$17.99 - $21.99 CAN

This miniature full-cloth, gold-stamped edition will be treasured by all ages.

Description

Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy.

So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein.
Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave.
Shel Silverstein has created a moving parable for readers of all ages that offers an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return.

Videos

Quotes

"My beard grows to my toes, I never wear no clothes, I wraps my hair Around my bare, And down the road I goes." - "My Beard"
Where the Sidewalk Ends

"Needles and pins, Needles and pins, Sew me a sail To catch me the wind." - from "Needles and Pins"
Falling Up

"Millie McDeevit screamed a scream So loud it made her eyebrows steam." - from "Screamin' Millie"
Falling Up

"I will not play at tug o' war. I'd rather play at hug o' war" - from "Hug O' War"
Where the Sidewalk Ends

"If you are a dreamer, come in." - from "Invitation"
Where the Sidewalk Ends

"Anything can happen, child, ANYTHING can be." - from "Listen to the Mustn'ts"
Where the Sidewalk Ends

"Balancing my ABCs Takes from noon to half past three. I don't have time to grab a T Or even stop to take a P." - "Alphabalance"
Falling Up

"Last night I had a crazy dream That I was teachin' school. My teachers had turned into kids, And I laid down the rules." - from "Crazy Dream"
Falling Up

"If we were a rock 'n' roll band, We'd travel all over the land." - from "Rock 'N' Roll Band"
A Light in the Attic

"It was missing a piece. And it was not happy." - from The Missing Piece
The Missing Piece

"Mo memorized the dictionary But just can't seem to find a job Or anyone who wants to marry Someone who memorized the dictionary." - "Memorizin' Mo"
A Light in the Attic

"Somebody has to go polish the stars, They're looking a little bit dull." - from "Somebody Has To"
A Light in the Attic

"The Homework Machine, oh the Homework Machine, Most perfect contraption that's ever been seen." - from "Homework Machine"
A Light in the Attic

" "A genuine anteater," The pet man told my dad. Turned out, it was an aunt eater, And now my uncle's mad!" - "Anteater"
A Light in the Attic

"The saddest thing I ever did see Was a woodpecker peckin' at a plastic tree. He looks at me, and "Friend," says he, "Things ain't as sweet as they used to be."" - "Peckin'"
A Light in the Attic

"There are too many kids in this tub." - from "Crowded Tub"
A Light in the Attic

"Last night, while I lay thinking here Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear" - "Whatif"
A Light in the Attic

"We've been caught by the quick-digesting Gink, And now we're dodgin' his teeth ... And now we are restin' in his intestine, And now we're back out on the street." - "Quick Trip"
A Light in the Attic

"Nobody loves me, Nobody cares, Nobody picks me peaches and pears." - from "Nobody"
A Light in the Attic

"The baby bat Screamed out in fright, "Turn on the dark, I'm afraid of the light."" - "Batty"
A Light in the Attic

"Anyhow, you've been warned and I will not be blamed if your Wild Strawberries cannot be tamed." - from "Wild Strawberries"
Where the Sidewalk Ends

"Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would not take the garbage out!" - from "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out"
Where the Sidewalk Ends

"If the track is tough and the hill is rough, THINKING you can just ain't enough!" - from "The Little Blue Engine"
Where the Sidewalk Ends

"But all the magic I have known I've had to make myself." - from "Magic"
Where the Sidewalk Ends

"And he didn't really know where he was going, but he did know he was going somewhere, because you really have to go somewhere, don't you?" - from Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back
Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back

"And all the colors I am inside Have not been invented yet." - from "Colors"
Where the Sidewalk Ends

"Once there was a tree ... and she loved a little boy." - from The Giving Tree
The Giving Tree

"They've put a brassiere on the camel, She wasn't dressed proper, you know." - from "They've Put a Brassiere on the Camel"
A Light in the Attic

"All the Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas Layin' in the sun, Talkin' 'bout the things They woulda-coulda-shoulda done... But those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas All ran away and hid From one little did." - "Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda,"
Falling Up

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50th Anniversary HarperCollins Publishers Originally published in 1964 64 pages ISBN: 006028451X $17.99 - $21.99 CAN This miniature full-cloth, gold-stamped edition will be treasured by all ages. Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy. So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein.

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Trixie, Daddy, and Knuffle Bunny take a trip to the neighborhood Laundromat. But the adventure takes a dramatic turn when Trixie realizes somebunny was left beh

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Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems

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A little girl longs to see beyond the scary sights on the sidewalk and the angry scribbling in the halls of her building. When her teacher writes the word...

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Back in 1957, Theodor Geisel responded to an article in Life magazine that lamented the use of boring reading primers in schools. Using the pseudonym of "Dr. Seuss" (Seuss was Geisel's middle name) and only 223 words, Geisel created a replacement for those dull primers: The Cat in...

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The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt | Scholastic

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When Duncan opens his box of crayons at school one morning, he finds a stack of letters, one from each of his crayons, complaining about how he uses them.

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The Pigeon really needs a bath! Except, the Pigeon's not so sure about that. Besides, he took a bath last month! Maybe. It's going to take some serious convincing...

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The Paperback of the I Love My Hair! by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley, E. B. Lewis | at Barnes & Noble. FREE Shipping on $35.0 or more!

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The Paperback of the The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith, A. Wolf | at Barnes & Noble. FREE Shipping on $25 or more!

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Step inside the pages of a little girl's magical book as she discovers the profound and inspiring notion that we each bring something different to the same...

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Have you ever built a snowman and discovered the next day that his grin has gotten a little crooked, or his tree-branch arms have moved? And you've wondered . . ....

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Jan Brett's highly original version of the Gingerbread Boy story has quickly become a family classic. Now, the charming tale of Matti's clever trap for the runaway...

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Todd Parr | Children's Book Author and Illustrator

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Todd Parr is the best-selling author and illustrator of over 30 children's books about love, kindness and feeling good. Todd's books are published in the United States and Canada by Little, Brown and Co.

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Welcome to the official Kevin Henkes website! Here you'll find videos, teaching resources, book information, interviews, games, articles, and much more. Thanks so much for coming by. Congratulations, Kevin!

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I find her story inspiring - and it reminded me (PB) about our own writing project.

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Jake Tapper on the President’s Tweets, and His Daughter's Inspiring Book

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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Muñoz Ryan | Scholastic

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When Naomi's alcoholic mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father.

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The Art of Dr. Seuss Collection, Published by Chaseart Companies

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The artistic legacy of Theodor Seuss Geisel Discover

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The Hardcover of the Enemy Pie by Derek Munson, Tara Calahan King, Tara Calahan King | at Barnes & Noble. FREE Shipping on $35.0 or more!

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Learning disabled and physically overgrown Max has no friends until a tiny and brilliant boy moves into the house next door. The two misfits forge a friendship that gives them enough courage to face school, bullies, and even Max's jailed father.

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This is a link to The Mighty, which is the movie based off of Rodman Philbrick's novel.

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Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations. See more awards "

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:

Storyline

This tells the story of a strong friendship between a young boy with Morquio's syndrome and an older boy who is always bullied because of his size. Adapted from the novel, Freak the Mighty, the film explores a building of trust and friendship. Kevin, an intelligent guy helps out Maxwell to improve his reading skills. In return, Kevin wants Maxwell to take him out places since he is not allowed out unauthorized. Being the social outcasts of the town, Kevin and Maxwell come to realize that they are similar to each other and accept that they are "freaks" and nothing will stop them. Written by Thorpe89

Taglines:

The quest for friendship is the noblest cause of all.

Details

Release Date:

30 October 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Freak the Mighty

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$87,705, 11 October 1998, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$2,643,689, 22 November 1998

Company Credits

Technical Specs

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Did You Know?

Quotes

[first lines]
Maxwell Kane : [narrating] It was Freak who told me about King Arthur. How he got this round table, and how he got the bravest knights, and the whole world to sit at that table. You will be brothers, said King Arthur. And you will fight for all those who ask for help. You will be gentle to the weak, but terrible to the wicked. It was Freak who told me about King Arthur. It was Freak who told me everything.
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Soundtracks

Let the Good Times Roll
(1956)
Written by Leonard Lee and Shirley Goodman
Performed by B.B. King and Zucchero
B.B. King appears courtesy of MCA records
Zucchero appears courtesy of Mercury records
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This link is for the Fault in our Stars, which is a book about teens with cancer who learn to live their life for everyday and enjoy being alive.

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Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis....

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The Journey is a picture book about a family's migration due to war.

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". . . a wonderful teaching tool for those who are welcoming refugees into their community."-The New York TimesWith haunting echoes of the current refugee crisis this beautifully illustrated book explores the unimaginable decisions made as a family leave their home and everything they know ...

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I Am Malala is a memoir about a teenage girl in Pakistan who was shot by the Taliban after speaking out in favor of education for girls.

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i am malala: the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the taliban

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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

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A MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE As seen on Netflix with David Letterman"I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday."When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out.

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Paired Text for Out of My Mind (Rules by Cynthia Lord) - Emily 

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Paired Text for Out of My Mind (Rules by Cynthia Lord) - Emily 

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Rules is about a boy who has autism and is from the perspective of the sister. Out of my mind is from the perspective of a girl with cerebral palsy. Interesting to compare how perspective can change a text

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Second book to pair with Out of My Mind - Emily

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Second book to pair with Out of My Mind - Emily

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I chose Ella Enchanted because like OOMM, it contains a strong female lead navigating the word around her with all its twists and turns. I like that it has similar themes and motifs without also being about special needs.

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Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.

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Pairing for The Red Pencil: Brothers in Hope

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Pairing for The Red Pencil: Brothers in Hope

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This fictional picture book is based on the real life experiences of about 30,000 boys who fled Sudan during civil war in the 1980's to find safety, eventually settling in the United States.

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Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books) (Coretta Scott King Honor - Illustrator Honor Title)

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Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books) (Coretta Scott King Honor - Illustrator Honor Title) [Mary Williams, R. Gregory Christie, Gregory Christie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.

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This book includes photographs and essays highlighting the culture and traditions of the people of Sudan.

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In this lengthy photo essay, Freeman's accomplished photographs are beautiful to look at, even as they're also faithful in reporting on the varied features of the land, people, and history that are the subjects of the book's three chapters. Carney, former American ambassador to Sudan, and Butler, a freelance writer and former information officer for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, have written lengthy chapters describing the peoples, religions, geography, industries, and history of the country. The book is oversize, at 10.25x12.25". Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
From the Publisher:

"The Sudan for most people is just a name in the news. This magnificent book corrects that; its wise and well-informed text and lavish pictures give the country a face--irresistable, photogenic, bewitching, and profoundly human, in all its fabulous Sudanese variety." -- Paul Theroux

About the Author:

Timothy Carney is a former U.S. Ambassador to Sudan. Victoria Butler has worked for radio, television, newspapers, and magazines for the last 25 years. Michael Freeman has been a leading photographer for Smithsonian Magazine for more than 25 years.
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9780295985336: Sudan: The Land And the People - AbeBooks - Timothy Carney; Victoria Butler; Michael Freeman: 029598533X

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Doll test - The effects of racism on children (ENG)

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On October 3, Wesley Morris, in a piece for the New York Times Magazine titled "The Morality Wars," sounded the alarm (in a nutshell) about the difficulty in critiquing black art in today's political climate in favor of protecting the culture.

Basically, he said that because the stakes are higher for black art, it has become somewhat taboo to speak negatively about art that might not be that great but occupies some necessary space in the black community. As an example, he used the Issa Rae vehicle Insecure, discussing how a critique of the show ended up causing others at a dinner party with him to discuss who has the license to assess certain art. It's a long article, but the main point can be summed up, to me, in this paragraph:

The real-world and social-media combat we've been in for the past two years over what kind of country this is - who gets to live in it and bemoan (or endorse!) how it's being run - have now shown up in our beefs over culture, not so much over the actual works themselves but over the laws governing that culture and the discussion around it, which artists can make what art, who can speak. We're talking less about whether a work is good art but simply whether it's good - good for us, good for the culture, good for the world.

Morris was criticized in various corners for his article, including here at Very Smart Brothas. Part of the issue with his piece was the example of Insecure, a show that has been soundly criticized in both the social media world and in written articles by black men and women alike. Many weekly recaps of the show at Vulture, The Grio and even here at VSB have lamented nearly every aspect of the show that could be even remotely deemed questionable. Basically, Morris' article was off because of how he got to this conclusion.

Turns out, had he waited a few weeks for the release of the highly anticipated movie, The Hate U Give, he might have had a case. Why do I say this? Well, because the very next sentence you will read took me weeks to write.

The Hate U Give was not a good or even important movie like we hoped or wanted it to be.

It's not straight basura, simply on the strength of performances from Amandla Stenberg (somewhat controversially) as Starr and Russell Hornsby as Maverick Carter, but the adaptation from the Angie Thomas book of the same name was nowhere near as good as the press run-up to its release implied it would be nor as good as the tears I saw shed at a panel discussion about the film at the Martha's Vineyard Film Festival back in August.

I read the entire 400-plus page book in a day thanks to several delayed flights, and one entirely new airplane creating the world's longest flight from Washington, D.C., to Birmingham, Ala., for a wedding. I wanted to read it before seeing the movie because the interviews with the cast and the director all seemed to imply that this movie was going to be jarring, compelling and moving in a way that we may not be ready for. Because the book falls squarely in the Black Lives Matter canon and couldn't be more timely, it had a lot of promise. Many of us can relate to an entire life of code-switching and how that brings you front and center with white supremacy and your own community at the same time and the struggles that presents when a life-changing event with the police occurs.

But where the book is able to go because words allow more nuance, almost every character or interaction in the movie is stereotypical. The movie feels more trope-ish than it needed to be, from the presentation of gang-infested Garden Heights (where Starr lives) to the private school she attends. Not to say that none of it is true or relevant, but I'd like to think we've moved past the paint-by-numbers differences illustrated by the movie. What mostly drew my ire were the changes, unnecessarily, made between the book and the movie.

For instance, the biggest, most glaring and frustrating change was the incident at the very heart of the story. In the movie, Khalil, Starr's friend who is killed by a police officer, reaches into the car to grab a brush, pulls it out and is shot by the cop as he attempts to brush his head. Clearly, he needn't have been shot by the police officer and it becomes another case of an unarmed black kid killed by the police.

But in the book, he makes no such move. What he does do is open the car door to ask Starr how she's doing when he's shot in the back, with the brush in the car door and the police officer claiming he thought he saw a gun. In the movie, it's almost conceivable to see how a police officer could see something in his hand in the dark and make what ends up being a stupid, fatal mistake. That scene changes the entire narrative. In the book, it's clear that police fired without cause. In the movie, the benefit of the doubt for the officer that gets the officer cleared of charges almost seems like a "well, duh" foregone conclusion considering what we saw onscreen. There's zero chance for this to work out favorably for the community.

There are several other parts of the movie where I feel like they dropped the ball on utilizing the characters to truly make a point about race relations or the complex lives of black people in "the hood." For instance, Starr's friend from Williamson (her private school), Hailee, is so much more of a racist in the book than she is in the movie, their tension so much more pronounced and frustrating, highlighting the inherent racism that probably exists when we're not in the room, even in spaces where folks pretend they're happy to share with us.

Even Common, who plays Starr's Uncle Carlos is turned into a stereotypical black cop in the movie, though in the book, his character is a much more nuanced, down-for-the-cause presence in Starr's life. In the movie, Uncle Carlos is a profiling, standard-issue cop. In the book, Uncle Carlos is trying to keep a kid he would normally profile off the streets in his own home, while trying to help Starr and her father-who seems like his anti-thesis as the Black Power, Black Jesus devotee-get justice and peace.

For those, plus other reasons, as a movie, The Hate U Give never reaches the level to be powerful or compelling. There were jarring moments, especially those involving youngest son, Sekani, including one that, while emotionally compelling, was also manipulated to be emotionally compelling.

And yet, despite what I believe are reasonable critiques, I felt like, because of the film's content, I might not need to share them for the very reason Morris outlined in his article. I didn't want to be a person who was poo-pooing black art that was meant to drive home a point or a purpose. And I'm not alone. I had a conversation with a very prominent activist, whom we all know, who felt they couldn't speak on it for the same reason. Nobody wants to be the one to say black art doesn't do the culture good, especially when we don't get as many opportunities on that scale to tell our stories in this medium.

But it also feels disingenuous to intentionally not discuss something that explicitly intends to tell our stories and more or less, stereotypically falls into tropism to do so. I may be in the minority, but conversations I've had with various people seem to be fairly mixed, though a lot more didn't love it than I assumed because of its content.

Critique is a natural part of art creation. But I did feel more cautious and slower to get around to discussing the movie because of the very tension Morris speaks to in his article. The Have U Give feels more... important? But beyond reasonable critique? I mean, it's still a movie, right? That's my struggle.

I think Morris was right or at least isn't wrong. He just used the wrong vehicle to make his point.

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The Hate U Give Isn't a Very Good Movie and It's Very Hard to Say That Out Loud

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On October 3, Wesley Morris, in a piece for the New York Times Magazine titled "The Morality Wars," sounded the alarm (in a nutshell) about the difficulty in critiquing black art in today's political climate in favor of protecting the culture.

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THE HATE U GIVE Cast Interviews: Amandla Stenberg, K.J. Apa, Algee Smith, Sabrina Carpenter

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How The Hate U Give Book Cover Was Altered for the Movie

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The cover for Angie Thomas's acclaimed Black Lives Matter-inspired novel, The Hate U Give, began, fittingly, as a piece of protest art. Back in 2015, Debra Cartwright, the artist who made the illustration, was sitting at her desk at People magazine in Times Square while a protest over the death of Freddie Gray took place on the street below. Unable to knock off work to join in, Cartwright did the next best thing: She sketched an illustration on Photoshop of a woman holding up a protest sign. Only her puff of curly hair is visible above the edge of a poster with the words "End Police Terror." The piece went viral, and eventually, Angie Thomas saw it on Instagram and suggested it to her publisher as cover material. Last week, the official poster for the movie adaptation, due out in October, was released online; the poster is closely modeled on Cartwright's work.

Vulture caught up with Cartwright to chat about her inspiration for the cover, why she sees her work as propaganda, and how she feels about the controversy surrounding the fact that the actress selected to play the lead in The Hate U Give has paler skin than the illustration Cartwright designed.

I'd love to hear more about how you came up with the original image that the cover is based on.
The protest was going on below. I remember I put as my caption on Instagram "scared to have a kid one day," because the original illustration has a woman and a little boy. I was really just feeling the humanity surrounding the protest and wanting to connect with what was going on down below, and feeling a little overwhelmed with all of the police brutality and the death. Freddie Gray looked like he could be my uncle or my cousin, and I wanted to do something that showed solidarity.

How did things develop from there?
That illustration spread, a lot of people re-posted it, and Angie Thomas saw it on Instagram and presented it to Jenna Stempel-Lobell [Stempel-Lobell is a senior designer at HarperCollins Children's Books], and she really liked that format for the book cover.

It was the first book cover I'd ever done, so I was really excited. Then they sent over a PDF of the manuscript. I carried around my iPad for two weeks and my friends were like, "You're not done with this book yet? It's a young-adult book, you should be done." I was like, 'I'm done but it's so good, I keep going back." The character is so lovable and so different from the protagonists of the books I grew up reading.

What kind of books did you grow up reading?
The YA books I grew up reading did not have black people on the covers. Now I'm seeing a ton of illustrated black people on the covers of YA when I go into bookstores. When I was going through, the only black people I saw on covers were either really hood books, which is terrible to say, or slavery books. I was sitting there reading Gossip Girl, which I had no business reading at the time.

Tell me a little bit about the creative process. Did you know exactly what you were going to do with this cover once you got the assignment? Did you play around with alternate versions?
It's funny because I'm working on another book cover now, and there are so many ideas that we've gone through, but for this particular one, it was: I want this illustration, this woman, turned into the protagonist of the book. Just use Angie's description and create Starr [the protagonist], and put the Jordans on her feet. I've never done Jordans - that was the most intricate part of it. I had to go in and create these details. Angie was like, "I need my Jordans to be on point." It was really fun though. It was the easiest turnaround I've ever done in a project.

In the original, the poster covers the woman's eyes. Why did you decide to add eyes for the cover of the book?
In most of my illustrations, I've used white space to hide the head, mainly so people can be like, "That's me." If you don't see the facial expressions, you can put yourself in it a lot easier. I just wanted everyone to be able to relate to it. For the book cover, though, they told me, "We need you to add eyes." I didn't want eyes on it, but it has eyes on it. That was the art direction.
They were right, really. The eyes make her more of a character. This is the actual girl, you're going to learn about her story.

How did you decide what expression to give her?
I didn't want her eyes angry or worried. That was a conversation. We discussed that. I wanted them to be pretty straightforward, a little passive, because I feel like - and this is funny, because it's happening with my new book cover, too - they wanted something more angry and aggressive, and I feel like black women have had that stereotype way too much already. I never make people who are angry or aggressive. This is just a direct message Starr is trying to say. There's no anger or force behind it, she's just like, "Get it together, this is the change we need." Her eyes are direct, but solemn. Not any type of hate in them.

How did you decide what she looked like?
I literally just followed exactly what they said in the book. It's really funny because when I just did the deal with Fox, they needed to have a derivative because the actual actress looks so different from the description in the book. They changed it up a bit.

I wanted to ask you about that. Some people were upset because Amandla Stenberg, the actress playing Starr, is mixed race and has a lighter complexion than the character in the book. What do you think about the casting choice, and the conversation around it?
I wasn't exactly thrilled, because of the colorism in Hollywood and everything. I was hoping it would be a very brown-skinned actress, because there's so little opportunities in these big movies for darker-skinned actresses. I can't fudge. That's how I felt. And the fact that Fox was like, "We're going to have to lighten your illustration, we're going to have to change the hair." In the movie, the illustration fades into the character, and I gave them the rights to change the illustration. It's kind of a bummer.

Tell me more.
It's disheartening, because I do feel like so much money was thrown behind the movie, and so much marketing was thrown behind it, and it's just like, you can tell who Hollywood is pushing to be in the limelight, and everybody knows it has a lot to do with appearance, but it also is still being driven a bit by colorism. Not a bit. It is.

I obviously still think it's going to be a wonderful movie, because I think Amandla Stenberg's a great actress, but I also think there are plenty of other actresses who would be wonderful in this role as well. It was a very specific description in the book, and to see that the actress is not that description, that would annoy me as a reader, especially if I was a teen. If I saw that, as a teen, it would be very disheartening, a little damaging.

There's a long history within young-adult publishing of publishers whitewashing book covers, or putting light-skinned illustrations of characters on the covers of books about dark-skinned protagonists. Were you thinking about that when you were working on your illustration of Starr?
Sure. I think most of my work has centered on colorism and beauty standards and representations of black women, so that fit in well with what they were trying to do with the book cover. I wish they had stuck to that idea when they were turning it into the movie, but that's out of my control.

Was designing book covers something you'd always wanted to do?
[ Laughs.] No. Actually, in design school at Parsons I took a book-cover design class, and my teacher must be cracking up, because he told me, "I don't know if this is for you."

How come?
A lot of book covers are really conceptual, and my teacher, who is an art director at Penguin, would be like, "You have to go deeper, think more, think outside the box." And I'd argue that it didn't have to be that deep. I feel like it should be very simple, straightforward, to the point. And then you can read into it what you like. You don't want the reader to see the book and conceptualize where you were coming from with the cover, you want them to just be drawn to the cover and think, "That's gorgeous, I'm buying that." That was what I'd always argue. Now we're good, but I don't think I was his favorite student at the time. He's probably very surprised that my illustration made it as a book cover.

In that class, did you ever talk about the possibility of using protest art as cover design?
Absolutely not. This was ten years ago. The class I took was more like, the character feels trapped as a protagonist, so we should do a series of boxes because his mind feels trapped. [ Laughs.] Okay, sure. It was so conceptual. And the books we read and created covers for, I didn't relate very well to them, either. Social media wasn't big when I was at Parsons. I don't think it was even thought of that there would be protest art as a book cover. We talked about protest art in the history of design, but we weren't really thinking about it as applicable to right now. We talked about Russian Constructivism, Lenin, propaganda and protest art, which mirror each other. This really influenced what I do.

Do you think of the cover you designed for The Hate U Give to be propaganda?
Yes. Because I think propaganda is anything that's stating your opinion, or your stance of something, or if it's inciting some type of unhappiness with the status quo. As you probably know, the book was banned from certain schools and libraries in South Carolina, which I'm like - yes! Good work. That means it's doing something.

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How The Hate U Give Book Cover Was Altered for the Movie

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The cover for Angie Thomas's acclaimed Black Lives Matter-inspired novel, The Hate U Give, began, fittingly, as a piece of protest art. Back in 2015, Debra Cartwright, the artist who made the illustration, was sitting at her desk at People magazine in Times Square while a protest over the death of Freddie Gray took place on the street below.

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The Hate U Give author Angie Thomas on why it's wrong to ban her Black Lives Matter novel

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Article about a teacher who has cerebral palsy and her strength at sticking to what she wanted to be-Pairing for Out of My Mind.

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Article about a teacher who has cerebral palsy and her strength at sticking to what she wanted to be-Pairing for Out of My Mind.

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I entered college full of hope to be a special education teacher, knowing there were challenges, and the road would be bumpy. I have athetoid cerebral palsy that includes involuntary movements and a speech impediment.

That my heart was born to teach had been known since my elementary years. However, some tried to persuade me not to be a teacher due to cerebral palsy.

Special education back in the 1980s wasn't what it is now. Inclusion seemed like a far-off dream to me. I longed to be in a "regular" class just like my brother and sister, even when I was only six years old. But I was stuck in a class with other children with a wide range of physical and some mental disabilities. Most of us belonged in a regular classroom instead of being pushed to the last classroom in the building, far away from the non-disabled children.

Since my class had a diverse range of abilities, I often felt bored, completing my work much faster than the rest and needing to wait until the teacher could come back to me. Observing closely to what was going on in the classroom, I witnessed children who had severe disabilities not being taught because they couldn't speak. I saw the teacher give children the easy way out because they felt sorry for them, and I also saw teachers being mean, not allowing us to use the bathroom more than once a day, for instance.

Witnessing children not being taught as they should annoyed me. Education is the key to good choices and success. Anyone has the right to be educated. I began helping others with reading and math after completing my work. I loved seeing the looks on their faces when they discovered something new. I knew then I wanted to be a teacher. In fact, my mind was set on it.

Teaching: My dream

I can't begin to tell you how many people tried to discourage me from teaching. The main concern was if I could succeed in the teaching field. At the age of 11, I finally was in a regular classroom, but my love of teaching never faded. Later, I remember clearly sitting in my college advisor's office hearing her go on and on with the reasons why I should change my major immediately from education. I stuck to my decision, regardless of everyone's negativity.

During my sophomore year of college, I had the best advisor and mentor. He was a realist, but also supportive. As field experience, I had to teach twice a week in a third-grade class for college credits. The teacher welcomed me warmly, and we got along great, with me instantly loving teaching and my students. My cerebral palsy quickly became a non-factor.

My advisor and the classroom teacher didn't judge me based on my disability, but by my teaching skills. One thing that everybody has said to me about being a teacher is that I must sell myself. Unfortunately, I haven't mastered that, but I have come a long way. I graduated with an A in student teaching.

I've held several teaching positions and don't regret my decision to be a teacher, despite the opposition. Just today, teaching my third-grade religion class, it felt I was living my dream!
Note: Cerebral Palsy News Today is strictly a news and information website about the disease. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website. The opinions expressed in this column are not those of Cerebral Palsy News Today, or its parent company, BioNews Services, and are intended to spark discussion about issues pertaining to cerebral palsy.

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I entered college full of hope to be a special education teacher, knowing there were challenges, and the road would be bumpy. I have athetoid cerebral palsy that includes involuntary movements and a speech impediment. That my heart was born to teach had been known since my elementary years.

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by Linda Sue Park
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Can A Children's Book Change the World? | Linda Sue Park | TEDxBeaconStreet

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"No matter what, you're always able to do anything. Never give up," says Owen, who has the bone condition arthrogryposis.

Owen cannot use his arms or legs so he moves around by rolling on the ground.

For children like Owen, a Facebook page has given them a chance to share what they want the world to know about their diagnosis.

The page, Special Books by Special Kids (SBSK), is the brainchild of Chris Ulmer, who worked for three years as a special education teacher in Florida (known as special educational needs teacher in the UK).

"The students in my class were amazing. They were funny, engaging and charismatic," Chris says.

"But the rest of our neighbourhood didn't really understand them. Nobody valued them. I wanted to show off these individuals and help them show the world what they had to offer."

After trying to tell the stories in a book ("It was rejected by over 50 publishers", he laughs), Chris began to film interviews with his students and post them on social media.

Now he has more than one million followers and travels the world interviewing people of all ages inviting them to tell the world what is special about them.

He refers to his subjects as "neurodiverse".

"It means everyone's brain is diverse and when you respect that idea, you begin to see that everyone is the same," he explains.

"I consider it my role to normalise the diversity of the human condition."

One Facebook user commented: "You have a heart of gold.

"More importantly, through your videos you have blown wide open a world that can be very isolating for families and their children bringing hope, friendship and collaboration through connection."

One of the joys of Chris's job is interviewing siblings who see far beyond any disability in their family.

"When you listen to them communicate about one another it's just so honest and pure," Chris says. "They just see the facts, they don't see all the extra stuff we add in."

Tinley, six, has Apert syndrome, a condition that affects the skull, and she is sometimes teased by other children.

Her brother, who she calls "My David", protects her from bullies and in their video, Chris asks David what makes his sister special.

"That she plays with me," David says, his face lighting up.

Another video shows Ethan, who has autism, and his sister Leya.

"If we have patience and love that's all that matters," she says.

Chris hopes his videos are a valuable resource for parents.

"If you're a parent struggling with a new diagnosis, this will connect you to other parents around the world and to other individuals with the same diagnosis as your child and that takes away the fear," he adds.

Chris receives thousands of requests daily from people around the world asking for themselves or someone close to them to be interviewed.

"Parents relish the opportunity to spread awareness about their child."

Chris starts his interviews asking "What's something special about you?" or "What do you want the world to know about you?"

"I treat everybody with respect, I am extremely positive, and I go into each interaction with the assumption that the person can understand me and they're capable of communicating," he explains.

Some children use assistive technology to speak and others communicate using body language.

"When I make a new friend, I give them a high five," Chris says.

"Everyone communicates on a different level. If a child is non-verbal and I only use words, they might get frustrated because they can't reciprocate that conversation.

"I once interviewed a child who wouldn't stop tapping his chair while I was talking to him. I stopped verbalising and also tapped on the chair.

"He then grabbed my hand, turned around and smiled at me because I communicated with him on his level."

Among the millions of comments on his videos, thousands of viewers say they have been brought to tears.

"Some of the stories that the individuals tell can be upsetting and I make it a point to let them be told fully," Chris says.

"Some of what these people go through is heart-wrenching and we want the world to see that. We want others to know that this is a neglected portion of our society and we can serve them so much better."

When Hayden had a brain bleed and a stroke, doctors told his mother that he would not feel, eat, think, breathe or hear.

Chris tells Hayden, now five, what he thinks he and his family should have heard after his birth.

"You are going to have a profound impact in this world," he says. "You're going to spread more love and joy than any doctor or professional could ever comprehend.

"The world is going to be a better place because you were in it. I'm really glad a guy as great as you exists in the world."

The post has nearly 8,000 comments.

One mother sent in a photo of her daughter with the words: "Eighteen years ago they told us our daughter would never sit, stand, walk or have any 'real quality' of life. Today she is a senior in high school."

'Persecuted for being different'

Chris insists that children with special education needs are persecuted for being different.

"One of the children I interviewed got punched in the eye by a bully because he communicates in a different way.

"Part of our platform is to find a solution and help parents educate their children that some people may be different but they still have so much to offer and we have to respect them and include them in our society."

Chris posts three or four interviews each week and funds his non-profit organisation through donations and by attending conferences as a speaker.

"I hope SBSK inspires others to take a moment instead of judging someone. Get to know them, see why they act the way they do. Find out why they think the way they do."

Samuel was born with a rare form of dwarfism called thanatophoric dysplasia and was not expected to live more than a few months.

His mother Ellen was offered an abortion several times.

"The first time it was actually proposed, the term 'therapeutic abortion' was used," she tells the camera.

"We were told that Samuel would only have a little time after he was born and even if it was just a little time, I wanted it."

At 11 years old, Samuel has defied all the odds.

"There's definitely some people out there who think he should just die, that this is a terrible diagnosis that can't be survivable," Samuel's father explains.

"But the point is it can be survivable and there's a lot of other diagnoses that can be survivable.

"From my point of view, the work you put into it is worth it because you get this beautiful happy child that smiles every day."

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Meet the former teacher giving a voice to disabled children

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"No matter what, you're always able to do anything. Never give up," says Owen, who has the bone condition arthrogryposis. Owen cannot use his arms or legs so he moves around by rolling on the ground. For children like Owen, a Facebook page has given them a chance to share what they want the world to know about their diagnosis.

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SBSK - Normalizing the Diversity of the Human Condition

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We believe that when you take the time to hear someone’s story and view life from their perspective, you learn and grow as a human.

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I (PB) think this interview is an important supplement for "Out of My Mind," as it gives insight into some of the larger goals of the book, as well as author's purpose

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I (PB) think this is an important supplement for Out of My Mind as well, given the different perspectives that are highlighted throughout the book. As Out of My Mind is told only from Melody's perspective, a comparison with Wonder might allow the students the ability to consider other character's voices and create their own narrative pieces based on that approach.

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A whimsical picture book trilogy by Aaron Becker

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A whimsical picture book trilogy by Aaron Becker

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A 2014 Caldecott Honor Book Follow a girl on an elaborate flight of fancy in a wondrously illustrated, wordless picture book about self-determination - and unexpected friendship.A lonely girl draws a magic door on her bedroom wall and through it escapes into a world where wonder, adventure,...

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Was the problem solved? Why or why not?

Theme:

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juvenile fiction / people & places / polar regions

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juvenile fiction / transportation / boats

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juvenile fiction/people & places - polar regions

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comic strip fiction / graphic novels (children's / teenage)

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A Trip to the Bottom of the World with Mouse: TOON Level 1

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2012 Cybils Award Winner.There's so much to see at the bottom of the world! Young readers won't stop grinning as they're swept away by this strange and magical story. Frank Viva, the best-selling author of Along a Long Road, created this "outstanding" book (School Library Journal) after visiting ...

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Great Graphic Novels for lower elementary.

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Great Graphic Novels for lower elementary.

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Level 1 TOON Books | First Comics for Brand-New Readers

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Level 1 TOON comics for kindergarten and 1st grade readers

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Alma Flor Ada | Latino, Hispanic, Bilingual & Multicultural Children\'s Literature & Poetry

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Alma Flor Ada is the Author of Many Wonderful Children\'s Books in Español and English. Latino, Hispanic & Multicultural Children\'s Literature

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The first book in a series about a young Chinese-American girl and how she learns to love her culture and various little adventures!

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A fictional work set  in our present time about a seventeen year old girl and her family who are sent to an interment camp for Muslim Americans who have been designated as threats and stripped of their rights as American citizens.  This story takes place at the historical sites of former Japanese interment camps.  Other text that can be used along with this novel include Only What We Could Carry by Lawson Fusao Inada

A collection of personal documents, newspaper articles, diary entries, artwork, poetry, photography, and propaganda shows the experiences of the Japanese who were put in internment camps after the events of Pearl Harbor.

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Only What We Could Carry to be paired with Interment 

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Only What We Could Carry to be paired with Interment 

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To be paired with Interment Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese Interment 

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To be paired with Interment Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese Interment 

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This book is a collection of  119 historical photographs that were censored by the US army during the time that Japanese Americans were being uprooted from their homes and lives and forced into interment camps and most have not been viewed.

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https://nypost.com/2018/04/30/how-comic-books-taught-america-about-the-holocaust/
The article explores how comic book writers and illustrators, any of who were Jewish, were the first to talk about sensitive topics like the genocide that occurred during the Holocaust when many deemed too taboo to talk about with youth.

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Can be paired with Interment: Gaijin: American Prisoner of War

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Can be paired with Interment: Gaijin: American Prisoner of War

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Upper elementary levels graphic novel. Set in San Francisco, Koji and his mother are sent to a Japanese internment camp during WWII Once there, Koji soon discovers that being half white in the internment camp is just as difficult as being half Japanese in San Francisco.

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Dorothea's Eyes: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth

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Dorothea's Eyes: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth

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I found this biography picture book about the life of Dorothea Lange who is the photographer who took the photos that are present in the book Impounded from WWI inside Japanese interment camps.