Once Upon a Time in a Different World: Issues and Ideas in African American Children’s Literature (Children's Literature and Culture)

Once Upon a Time in a Different World: Issues and Ideas in African American Children's Literature

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Once Upon a Time in a Different World: Issues and Ideas in African American Children’s Literature (Children's Literature and Culture)

Once Upon a Time in a Different World: Issues and Ideas in African American Children's Literature

Written by Neal A. Lester
4.85 91,764 ratings
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Once Upon a Time in a Different World, a unique addition to the celebrated Children's Literature and Culture series, seeks to move discussions and treatments of ideas in African America Children's literature from the margins to the forefront of literary discourse. Looking at a variety of topics, including the moralities of heterosexism, the veneration of literacy, and the "politics of hair," Neal A. Lester provides a scholarly and accessible compilation of essays that will serve as an invaluable resource for parents, students, and educators.The much-needed reexamination of African American children's texts follows an engaging call-and-response format, allowing for a lively and illuminating discussion between its primary author and a diverse group of contributors; including educators, scholars, students, parents, and critics. In addition to these distinct dialogues, the book features an enlightening generational conversation between Lester and his teenage daughter as they review the same novels. With critical assessments of Toni and Slade Morrison's The Big Box and The Book of Mean People, bell hooks' Happy to Be Nappy, and Anne Schraff's Until We Meet Again, among many other works, these provocative and fresh essays yield a wealth of perspectives on the intersections of identity formations in childhood and adulthood.

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Published February 1, 2007
ISBN 1653507
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Neal A. Lester is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Neal A. Lester can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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Masterpiece from start to finish. I became deeply invested in the protagonist's journey. A masterclass in storytelling. I will undoubtedly revisit this masterpiece.
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