I am always on the lookout for kid's books that reflect parts of our family - my Indian born husband, my midwestern, U.S. born self, and our daughter, midwestern-born, part Indian, part American, part Indian, part white. If I see an author of a kid's book with an Indian sounding name, I check it out from the library without even reading it first. Now that we're settled in a midwestern small town, it feels essential to bulk up the Indian part of our experience/selfhood as a family because the white, American side gets a lot of exposure and becomes the only normalized experience if we're not careful. I am looking for books. Books about Indian families, books that reflect multiracial/multiethnic families (whether or not one parent depicted is either Indian or white). So far, most of the books with Indian familes have two Indian parents (which I recognize is the case for most kids of Indian parents). My quest continues, and I figure if I can throw enough good literary influences at her, she'll develop a richer curiosity and experience than she otherwise would have.
So here goes. . .another blog. Let's chat about kid's books.
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