Our Story Magic is a children’s novel written by Gcina Mhlophe and published by University of KawZulu-Natal Press in 2006. It is a fictional novel of South African folklore tales. South African folklore is traditionally told in “oral tradition,” and…
The book I chose to read was The Story of The Seagull and The Cat Who Taught Her To Fly written by Luis Sepulveda. This book was written and first published in Chile where Sepulveda is from. I really enjoyed…
This blog post is covering a topic I feel very passionate about. I came across an article whilst researching children’s books published for foreign countries. This however isn’t on a book published outside of America. It is on a book…
For this post, I will be discussing the recent cutback of foreign storybook titles in China. I Read the article “China cracks down on foreign children’s books,” by Benjamin Haas and Tom Phillips. The article discusses how the communist party…
“Living in the Shade: Aiming for the Summit,” by Nahida Esmail, taught me about a lifestyle and a plight against thousands of people that previously I had no knowledge of. Through the writing, I found the characters very relatable. I…
For my second blog post, I’ll be writing about “International Children’s Book Day”, which until stumbling across it, I had no idea existed. The holiday is sponsored by the International Board on Books for Young People, and has been celebrated…
For my first blog post, I’ll be responding to and offering my own personal commentary on an article written by E.R. Jenkins at the University of South Africa, titled, “English South African children’s literature and the environment.” In this article,…
This post I decided to focus on children’s literature in China. When I was researching a topic for this post I noticed a common trend of the topic growth of children’s literature in China. I thought connecting China to this…
The Simple Things by Bill Condon follows the story of Stephen, a ten year old Australian boy, and his first encounter with his curmudgeonly great aunt when his family goes to visit her on holiday. Having never met, and with…
As one of my blog posts I wanted to write about literature in North Korea. I originally wanted to read and write a book review on a book in North Korea, but with that came challenges and that’s why I…