They are two children’s authors, with two approaches and the same messages. R.J. Palacio and Meg Medina know the childhood feeling of being “the other.” They write about people from other places whose significance is often discounted. Significance includes languages, places, values, cultures and identifiable growing up stories. These authors focus on writing and encouraging books for broad audiences, editors, marketers designed to neutralize the wall of “I can’t relate.” Palacio and Medina focus on reading as a place of refuge, self-discovery, peace, and making sense of things for children
R.J. Palacio and Meg Medina Talk Diversity and Children’s Books
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