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From: stephanie.greene.books_at_gmail.com
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 16:16:40 -0500
This is a wonderful way to end what has been an illuminating, multi-faceted, and sometimes contumacious conversation. Hearing what Tim Tingle has to say about the way American Indians resolve their conflicts and tease out of love and show respect for one another and others, is the stuff of books that we need to be reading to children. The history of every cultural group is interesting and necessary, of course. But in order to bring the conversation into the realm people have spoken about, of moving forward and understanding the similarities among all cultures - in the present, rather than the past - we need more books that express the philosophy and customs and morality of different cultures in today's world. As one person said early in the conversation, instead of getting rid of books that may present unpleasant stereotypes of the past, let's create new books to help all children move together into the future with understanding of one another.
I'd love to think that if we talk about multi-cultural books again at some point, we might focus on several other cultures. South American, European, Southeast Asian, Asian, and African. Having an author from one of those cultures talk to us would be wonderful, too. I can't imagine leaving this subject on a higher note than the one Tim Tingle has provided.
Stephanie Greene Children's Book Author
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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 16:16:40 -0500
This is a wonderful way to end what has been an illuminating, multi-faceted, and sometimes contumacious conversation. Hearing what Tim Tingle has to say about the way American Indians resolve their conflicts and tease out of love and show respect for one another and others, is the stuff of books that we need to be reading to children. The history of every cultural group is interesting and necessary, of course. But in order to bring the conversation into the realm people have spoken about, of moving forward and understanding the similarities among all cultures - in the present, rather than the past - we need more books that express the philosophy and customs and morality of different cultures in today's world. As one person said early in the conversation, instead of getting rid of books that may present unpleasant stereotypes of the past, let's create new books to help all children move together into the future with understanding of one another.
I'd love to think that if we talk about multi-cultural books again at some point, we might focus on several other cultures. South American, European, Southeast Asian, Asian, and African. Having an author from one of those cultures talk to us would be wonderful, too. I can't imagine leaving this subject on a higher note than the one Tim Tingle has provided.
Stephanie Greene Children's Book Author
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> On Feb 20, 2014, at 3:23 PM, Helen Frost <helenfrost_at_comcast.net> wrote:
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