![]() ![]() ![]() The narrative goes something like this: 'Reading makes you feel good because. Though Parr has a heap of books, my absolute favourite is Reading Makes You Feel Good. I do not remember the first Todd Parr book I read or owned, but I am fairly certain I have had Parr in my bookshelf ever since I clapped eyes on his colourful and irreverent illustrations. Both of these authors are American and each has a slew of books, popular in American classrooms, but not often seen on Australian bookshelves. Which brings me to two of my all-time favourite children's author/illustrators. When I select children's books to read aloud in classrooms or to use in my teaching, I am particularly mindful of the way the story-through both text and image represents diversity and difference. television, movies, advertising) and in the books they first hear and later read. Children receive these messages explicitly through the things adults say, in the media they consume (e.g. From a very young age, children begin to internalise messages about power, privilege, cultural and societal norms (Hyland, 2010 O'Neil, 2010). ![]()
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