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6. This is precisely why I so appreciate

Sun Nov 8, 2015, 12:18 PM

Nov 2015

Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me because it's partly written to his young son.

But on a brighter note, I also love fantasy works and still read children's stories. The most recent one is a modern day myth, The Nutmeg Princess by Richardo Keens-Douglas, set on the Isle of Spice - Grenada.

This summer, a sculpture honoring the story was placed in Grenada's underwater sculpture park. She's lovely and will become even more beautiful as coral and algae grow upon her.

http://caribbeancats.org/index.php/nutmeg-princess/

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Do black children's lives matter if nobody writes about them? [View all] ismnotwasm Nov 2015 OP

I remember the furor when black and other non-white baby dolls came out HassleCat Nov 2015 #1

I find this interesting leftofcool Nov 2015 #2

I sell vintage and used childrens books, brer cat Nov 2015 #3

One of the other things I find disturbing ismnotwasm Nov 2015 #4

I bought this one for my daughter kwassa Nov 2015 #5

I know what to get 2 brown girls Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #8

This is precisely why I so appreciate Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #6

That is stunningly, gorgeous ismnotwasm Nov 2015 #7

Gawd, I love Gaiman! Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #9

Oh I know right? ismnotwasm Nov 2015 #10

Yup! There's one called buckingham miracleman Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #11

Great article! ismnotwasm Nov 2015 #12