tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post8051602814701722094..comments2024-03-26T09:40:00.710-06:00Comments on La Bloga: WRITING MULTICULTURAL PICTURE BOOKS (PART 2)Contributing Bloguistas:http://www.blogger.com/profile/13054190814722049711noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-77619174684868251442007-07-15T00:47:00.000-06:002007-07-15T00:47:00.000-06:00Hi Rudy,I am glad you like the post. I love Peter ...Hi Rudy,<BR/><BR/>I am glad you like the post. I love Peter and Gilberto books. I use Peter and the Wind every year. It is one of the stories in Open Court our reading program.<BR/><BR/>Both books don't describe any culture by today's standards but they have portray positive role models. Specially in the 60's.<BR/><BR/>ReneRene Colato Lainezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17703224889676377655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-46081929159889488402007-07-14T07:39:00.000-06:002007-07-14T07:39:00.000-06:00I've got an added take on Peter and Gilberto: they...I've got an added take on Peter and Gilberto: they were the <I>acculturated</I> kids that melting pot advocates hope <I>all</I> immigrants and minorities grow up to be.<BR/><BR/>In that sense, the two books didn't fail as multicultural books because they were never meant to. Rather, they succeeded in portraying the "success" of assimilation--something inimical to a multicultural society.<BR/><BR/>As they were published in the early 60s, it's easy to imagine they still reflected the 50's philosophy of stripping us of language and culture.<BR/><BR/>Let me know what you think and thanks for another excellent post on children's lit.<BR/>RudyGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com