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Overview
Takes audiences behind the scenes of the new golden age of children’s picture books —a time when all children can see characters who look like them on the page; a time when creators come from diverse communities and backgrounds; and a time when instead of keeping the hard stuff out of stories for children, we put it in and provide context and counternarrative.
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Runtime
84 min
Release Date
2023-10-07
Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Christian Robinson
Self
Yuyi Morales
Self
Mac Barnett
Self
Maurice Sendak
Self (archive footage)
Grace Lin
Self
Andrea Davis Pinkney
Self
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