When there is so much darkness in the world, should it really be kept out of children's books?
When there is so much darkness in the world, should it really be kept out of children’s books? So long as there is hope, children’s books need not shy away from reality. Pxhere Three books that landed on my desk recently seemed to be speaking to one another. Or, at least, they got stacked in one pile because of the stories they held inside their pages. The first one, Bena’s Summer by Shibal Bhartiya, tells the story of a hope-filled childhood ringed with darkness. Set in the small town of Sultanpur, it paints a picture of a close-knit family against the backdrop of communal ten...
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