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When Megan Went Away is a 1979 children's picture book written by Jane Severance and illustrated by Tea Schook. It is the first picture book to include any LGBT characters, and specifically the first to feature lesbian characters, a distinction sometimes erroneously bestowed upon Lesléa Newman's Heather Has Two Mommies (1989).
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Children's books also benefit children's social and emotional development. Reading books help "personal development and self-understanding by presenting situations and characters with which our own can be compared". [129] Children's books often present topics that children can relate to, such as love, empathy, family affection, and friendship.
Picture books are aimed at young children. Many are written with vocabulary a child can understand but not necessarily read. For this reason, picture books tend to have two functions in the lives of children: they are first read to young children by adults, and then children read them themselves once they begin learning to read.
This is a category for books about child abuse, the physical, sexual, and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child or children, especially by a parent or a caregiver. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
The Dot is a 2003 children's picture book written and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. Published by Candlewick Press , it is about a girl named Vashti who discovers her artistic talent. Plot
War is a common theme emerging in children’s books as “Some children have lived with war all of their lives and deserve picture books in which they see themselves and their lives reflected”. [5] Focused around the Syrian civil war, Tomorrow has brought forth a narrative to combat the fear and confusion that comes with war. [3]
Kamala and Maya Harris live in an apartment building that has no place for them to play. The two girls decide one day to turn the empty courtyard into a playground. Since the adults do not want to help, and they lack money to buy materials, the sisters begin a campaign and recruit the other kids in the building to help them.