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Indlæser... Love in the Library (2022)af Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Yas Imamura (Illustrator)
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A lovely picture book about an awful time in our history - the internment of Japanese Americans. Purchased after reading a twitter thread about the author and Scholastic publishing where they wanted to distribute her book but only if she removed all discussion of racism from the author’s note. How blind to ask such a thing of a book about dealing with the impact and anguish of blatant racism. Just terrible. Happy to support the author with my purchase. Family Picture Book Read-Aloud Afternoon: A Nine-Book Pile! Librarian romance! Even during the miserable and unforgivable period of Japanese-American internment during World War II, two unjustly incarcerated Americans find momentary escape and even love in an Idaho wasteland. Sweet! It's disgusting that the current political climate has mired such a nice little book in an awful controversy: • https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article... • https://www.npr.org/2023/04/15/1169848627/scholastic-childrens-book-racism Hit me in the feels why don't ya?! Minidoka is not a shining ray of sunshine in Idaho's history. I mean, Japanese internment camps aren't anything to be proud of period. But as an Idahoan, I struggle with their being on in my state. But this story reminds that beauty can come from ashes and pain. That words sometimes escape and sometimes words can embody a variety of emotions. "The miracle is in us....as long as we believe in change, in beauty, in hope. That miracle is hard to find sometimes. But it is in all of us." Lyrical and gorgeous, am I right? I picked up this book from my local library because of the news stories telling about how Tokuda-Hall was offered a deal with Scholastic if she omitted a part of the author's note at the end talking about how the racism that allowed the Japanese Internment Camps is the same racism that still exists (and flourishes) in today's America. I don't think I would have heard of this book otherwise; I'm not generally in the market for picture books these days. However, I'm very glad that I did hear about this book and read it. It's a very important topic to learn about, and the hope and joy that was sometimes found in the camps is a good reminder too. I am not excusing what happened; it was wrong then, it is wrong now. But I do appreciate stories of hope that flourish in adversity. If you are able to, I suggest you read this book and share it widely also. (Plus, the illustrations are lovely!) ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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about finding love and a future during bleak internment in a Japanese camp; though the main characters are older,
the draw of this book is for all ages.