New in Kids’ Lit
2020s, Bread Loaf School of English, Language Schools, Academic Excellence, Arts, Language, Culture, Equity & Justice, Identity
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April 25, 2024
Two alumni have written children’s books that address cultural differences and migration. Chinese School alumna Ann Katagiri’s Den Chan: The Cat Who Crossed the Ocean is written in English, Japanese, and Chinese to encourage young language learners. Meanwhile, Ryan Bani Tahmaseb, MA English ’15 tells the tale of Rostam, a boy from Iran who doesn’t want to stick out at school, in Rostam’s Picture-Day Pusteen.