Do you think there is any truth in the argument that the fairy tale “gives the child material which he is incapable of handling”? Can you think of any children’s book that does an excellent job of meeting both the…

Feb 9th: Leslie Bow, “Racial Abstraction and Species Difference: Anthropomorphic Animals in ‘Multicultural’ Children’s Literature,”  American Literature 191 (2) (June 2019):  323–356. “The CCBC’s Diversity Statistics: A Conversation with Kathleen T. Horning,”  The Horn Book (March 27, 2017). • What is…

Hi all, below are my discussion questions for tomorrow’s class. I am looking forward to meeting! 1. Bow’s primary sources in this article are largely picture books, intended for very young children presumably between the ages of 3-8. What does…

In reading Bow’s Racial Abstraction and Species Difference I was caught by two aspects of the discussion in particular. She talks a little about as she terms it “the limits of racial abstraction” and in particular how “the species-race analogy…

Would it be justified and acceptable if it was an Indian author who illustrates the bears as Indians instead of Scarry? Can white authors illustrate other races? The difference in race is not a species’ difference but rather variations of…

I am looking forward to working with you this semester, and fostering your scholarly interests!  Carrie