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    The Reckoning: Disturbing Reading

    The Reckoning: Disturbing Reading

    Should children be exposed to books about slavery, racism and violence? Today Sisilia Eteuati, an Auckland writer, lawyer and mother, gives us her very good reasons for putting serious subject matter on her children’s bookshelves. On the eve of my 39th birthday, I sat outside on a beautiful summer’s evening and watched I Am Not Your Negro. Earlier I had asked my six-year-old who was engrossed in Lego if he wanted to come. A sprawling space city was emerging beneath his patien
    Ka pai! Cool stuff from around the internet

    Ka pai! Cool stuff from around the internet

    Every two weeks we compile, for your browsing pleasure, cool children's book happenings (and peripherally related news) from around Aotearoa, the world and the internet. Given we are all about adult conversations about children’s literature, it’s probably not too surprising that if we were in Dunedin, we’d be off to this event at Dunedin Public Library. A perfect event for budding children’s book illustrators is coming up at Selwyn College - go and learn how to create a chara

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