How picture books act as âwindows and mirrorsâ for kids learning about civil rights
By Natachi Onwuamaegbu Globe Correspondent,Updated April 27, 2021, 2 hours ago
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Earl Bradley (E. B.) Lewis's illustration for "The Other Side" by Jacqueline Woodson.Courtesy Penguin Random House LLC
Andrea Davis Pinkneyâs âPicture the Dreamâ exhibition at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art opens with a watercolor painting of a young Black girl reaching her hand across a fence to a white girl. The sky is blue but cloudy.
The words under the image read, âMy mama says I shouldnât go on the other side â¦â