One thing I’ve known for a long time about being a mom is that I wanted my child to be exposed to multicultural picture books while growing up. If I was going to raise my child in a predominantly majority culture area, I wanted her or him (turns out he’s a him!) to be exposed to minority cultures. If we were living in a more culturally diverse area, I would want his books to reflect that. Now, I’ve made some progress in this area, but Daniel’s library is not nearly where I want it to be. It was partly in this spirit of diversification that I agreed to review “Rene Has Two Last Names.”
I really enjoyed this picture book. The pictures are cute, visually interesting. I love that the class is made up of children of various ethnicities. I also enjoyed the story. The thing I liked the most was the story’s simplicity. This wasn’t some over the top story trying to teach white children about Latino children, it was simply the story of a little boy and his family, the little boy just happened to be from El Salvador.
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