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FOLKTALES AND NURSERY RHYMES
Fleischman, Paul

First Light, First Life: A Worldwide Creation Story

32 pp. | Holt | September, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-62779-101-4 $17.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Julie Paschkis. This multicultural mash-up aims at inclusivity and universality but risks erasure of difference as spreads depict the creation beliefs of various, but unspecified, groups to build a single story with words and vibrant folk art–inspired gouache illustrations. Juxtaposing contemporary place-names with cultures predating them (e.g., setting an "Inktonmi" story in South Dakota) also undermines cultural specificity, and the sourcing is sketchy.
Reviewer: Megan Dowd Lambert

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