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How family separation inspired a children s book about a fearless girl
Dorany Pineda
© (Oriel María Siu)
Suletu, left, reads Rebeldita with her mother and the book s author, Oriel María Siu. (Oriel María Siu)
Eight years ago, when Oriel María Siu found out she was pregnant with her first child, she immediately began hunting for children’s books.
She riffled through dozens in the aisles of Seattle libraries, growing frustrated over the trite, predictable narratives she found on the shelves: white boys and girls were ubiquitous; children of color often played secondary characters; gender stereotypes and Eurocentric perspectives abounded. ....

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