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This work has also been translated into French, German, Dutch and Danish.
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Winner of the Christian Media Children's Book Prize, France; the Parents Magazine Best Book of the Year, USA; the NSCC/CBS Notable Children's Book, USA; and the Children's Book Foundation Book of the Year, UK.
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Hindi translation.
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The Dangers of Reading Globally
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Bookbird , vol. 57 no. 2 2019; (p. 1-11)'This article is based on a keynote delivered at the 36th IBBY International Congress in Athens, Greece, on August 31, 2018. IBBY members are committed to the potentials offered by global literature for opening minds to multiple ways of living in the world and creating intercultural understanding. Asking readers to read outside their comfort zones, however, can instead hold danger and perpetuate stereotypes and misunderstandings. This article proposes that we can address these dangers through acting on our social responsibilities as bookmakers, readers, and educators to balance individual voice with group responsibility and to determine if our actions could cause harm to readers’ understandings of a culture.' (Publication abstract)
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A Similarity or Difference : The Problem of Race in Australian Picture Books
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Bookbird , April vol. 51 no. 2 2013; (p. 13-22) 'The prevailing humanist ideology in fiction produced for children entails that thematic explorations of race usually pivot on the notion that humans are all created equal, regardless of race. However, this position fails to acknowledge the privileged status of whiteness as a racial category. This article examines two recent Australian picture books which explore the relationship between white and non-white identities in an Australian social context, arguing that the construction of whiteness as a normative standard of human experience must be interrogated before genuinely intersubjective race relations can be achieved.' (Author's abstract)
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A Similarity or Difference : The Problem of Race in Australian Picture Books
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Bookbird , April vol. 51 no. 2 2013; (p. 13-22) 'The prevailing humanist ideology in fiction produced for children entails that thematic explorations of race usually pivot on the notion that humans are all created equal, regardless of race. However, this position fails to acknowledge the privileged status of whiteness as a racial category. This article examines two recent Australian picture books which explore the relationship between white and non-white identities in an Australian social context, arguing that the construction of whiteness as a normative standard of human experience must be interrogated before genuinely intersubjective race relations can be achieved.' (Author's abstract)
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The Dangers of Reading Globally
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Bookbird , vol. 57 no. 2 2019; (p. 1-11)'This article is based on a keynote delivered at the 36th IBBY International Congress in Athens, Greece, on August 31, 2018. IBBY members are committed to the potentials offered by global literature for opening minds to multiple ways of living in the world and creating intercultural understanding. Asking readers to read outside their comfort zones, however, can instead hold danger and perpetuate stereotypes and misunderstandings. This article proposes that we can address these dangers through acting on our social responsibilities as bookmakers, readers, and educators to balance individual voice with group responsibility and to determine if our actions could cause harm to readers’ understandings of a culture.' (Publication abstract)
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