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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". [181] Children's books often present topics that children can relate to, such as love, empathy, family affection, and friendship.
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
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.
CDB! is a children's picture book written and illustrated by William Steig, who later won the Caldecott Medal in 1970 for Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.The book, published in 1968 by Simon & Schuster, is a collection of pictures with captions written in code, with letters in the caption standing for words the letter's names sound like ().
David Small was born in Detroit, Michigan, the second son of Edward Pierce Small, Jr. and Helen "Elizabeth" née Murphy Small. [1] [2] He began drawing at the age of two years, and health problems that kept him home for much of his childhood, also led to his developing his drawing skills. [3]