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Secular Art Movement Maharashtra hosting another good talk on & #39;Children& #39;s Illustration and Resistance Art& #39; by Shrujana Niranjini Shridhar. #FBLive #ChildrensBooks #illustratedbooks #resistance #art #books #India #DalitLiterature
Shridhar talks about her own experience of an editor asking her to remove an illustration of children fighting/arguing because it wasn& #39;t appropriate.
Now discussing & #39;The Story of Colors.& #39; Incredible book for children, discusses drugs, sex, smoking and how children see the world -- "They don& #39;t just draw cute images." #ChildrensBooks #illustratedbooks #resistanceart
Another interesting book-- Shridhar doesn& #39;t necessarily think it& #39;s just for young children. & #39;A is for Activist& #39;. #books #illustration #resistance
& #39;A Visit to the City Market& #39; -- is part of the resistance movement because it isn& #39;t about fairytales. A real representation of everyday life-- a whole page about fisherwomen and the market. Important to understand that unlike adults, children really "re-read" books.
& #39;Julian Is A Mermaid& #39; is about a boy who wants to be a mermaid-- that& #39;s his dream. Very gender fluid, non conforming for a children& #39;s book. #childrensbooks
& #39;I Love My Hair& #39; is an important #book for the #Black community for it works with an important aspect of identifiable physical attribute (the hair) to weave a narrative. Everyday life for oppressed communities is a movement in resistance. #childrensbooks #illustratedbooks
Looking at Babasaheb Ambedkar as a child in & #39;The Boy Who Asked Why& #39; is an interesting perspective. He refuses to take no for an answer and it shows how he grows up to be the architect of India& #39;s constitution. #ChildrensBook #DalitLiterature #illustratedbooks #resistance
Maya Angelou and Jean-Michel Basquiat& #39;s fantastic & #39;Life Doesn& #39;t Frighten Me.& #39; The illustrations are striking, often abstract and a little dark, but just enough to inspire children and talk about courage. "It& #39;s a masterpiece," says Shridhar. #MayaAngelou #Basquiat #ChildrensBooks
