Book Review on Bronze and Sunflower
Bronze and Sunflower is a children’s novel written by Cao Wenxuan. Cao Wenxuan is a Chinese writer for children and this is his first novel to be translated from Mandarin to English. The novel was translated by Helen Wang. This…
Blog Post 2: Child Literacy Crisis in South Africa
In this course, we have often discussed the disparities in representation of diverse children in the literature; however, for this blog post, I wish to discuss the disparity of illiteracy in South Africa. Literacy is the ability to read and…
Blog Post 1: Children’s Literature on Apartheid in South Africa
I chose to focus on a specific historical event pertaining to a certain country and highlight children’s books on that event. I am studying South Africa, so the major event that comes to mind is apartheid. Apartheid was institutionalized racial…