![]() Both found audiences that gravitate to the cadences, albeit to differing degrees.īareille’s song is joyful. Both have the same goal – to create a showcase in which people of all ages, races, genders and body types are encouraged to dance their hearts out. Children’s literature, however, is not that simple. ![]() ![]() But more importantly, if I were to use a book as an example of what works – that book would become the litmus test. It’s less controversial and doesn’t step on the toes of a publishing house and frankly, music is fun to work with. To illustrate the importance of cultural beats in a work, I used music videos. When those books fail to connect with an audience, the lack of sales is used to validate a myth that books by people of color have a limited audience. Hence some books are inadvertently, scrubbed of the nuances that would allow the work to resonate with the child that was the target of the exercise. ![]() One of the most common concerns among authors and illustrators is that their work is often vetted through a commercial publishing system that is not fluent in the culture of the writer or of the end user – the child reader. The Importance of Imbedding Cultural Beats in Children’s Literature.Įarlier this year I was asked for a written copy of a presentation on the importance of maintaining cultural beats in works by and for people of color. ![]()
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