Molly Grimmius's Reviews > Steeped in Stories: Timeless Children’s Novels to Refresh Our Tired Souls

RAR momma book club though discussed primarily with my sister Marisa… and oh what discussions!! I went into this nonfiction read thinking it was about author writing sweet antidotal essays on her 7 favorite childhood books… and I was unexpectedly delighted to know I had actually signed up for a critical lot theory, philosophy, theology course all in one that challenged a lot of how I think about racial disparities all rolled into one.

Mitali Perkins invites to see the virtues and vices in classic children’s books. My confidence in explaining virtues and vices has grown ten fold has she does a wonderful job, explaining and illustrating these words that are not as common …ie girl temperance yourself is not on the bookshelves…
She does this but also address hard racial bias that was presented in many of these books… and still is… She helps you has questions whether this is in the bones of the story or the character’s flaw and if it is in the bone’s of the story… how do you wrestle with it.
She encourages us to cross borders again and again as readers and especially in these last few years Inhave been desperately trying to because I have only my one view. In these border crossings I have learned so much and been aware of so much and yet I always can go deeper… as this book reminded me. Question, think…look at at how Everyone is represented.
This book was so well done and excited to read more by her.