Diwali in India
For this post I decided to focus on an Indian holiday this Holiday is Diwali. I was inspired by one of my friends at Ohio State that recently celebrated Diwali. Personally I wasn’t sure what it was before this meeting…
“The Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill” by Dorothy Wall Book Review
“When the political, religious, social, or personal risks are high, when we are standing close to the metaphoric fire, the use of animals has long provided intellectual and psychological distance and allowed us to critically explore that which we would…
Russian Children’s Literature During the Cold War
During my first blog post I focused on the children’s literature that was accessible during the WWII Era in Germany under the lead of Adolph Hitler. I mentioned that me and my father had an interest in history, so I…
Blog Post 1: Representations of Dictatorship in Contemporary Chilean Children’s Literature
For my first blog post, I would like to discuss the topic of dictatorship in children’s literature. I believe it’s essential to educate children on the consequences of a military regime, so they know when to identify history repeating itself….
China bans international children’s book to protect the national literature…
The second issue that I want to comment on is also similar and about picture books being banned in a different country for different reasons. In this case it is about China banning international children picture books. The order has…
Libraries in Singapore getting rid of certain books in 2014…
Reading online trying to find issues regarding children’s literature around the world, I found something that happened in Singapore in 2014 but which in my opinion may be still going on. It was a situation in which multiple libraries in…
“The Trader Fox” by Shen Shixi book review
The book I read for this assignment is The Trader Fox by Chinese author Shen Shixi. Shixi is a recognized Chinese author in the area of children’s literature, he is best known and credited for his animal novels but only…