![]() ![]() Well-meaning acquaintances regularly forward me lists of great children’s books with black children in them close friends regularly buy me such books, when they come across them. But when I look at the library we’ve built for our kids, I do wish for more books for children that followed Keats’ lead, books that use children who look like mine to capture the magic in the mundane, as the best books for children do. Because what I’ve learned-and what I hear often from other parents of children of color-is that all too often the books that do contain kids who look like mine are, alas, not that fun to read. There are only so many masterpieces out there. Wishing there were more children’s books like The Snowy Day is a bit like wishing there were more grownup books like Anna Karenina. ![]()
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