It Started with a Book: Curation of Children's Literature

1. Identity of oneself and others.

1.1. Core Competencies (from the BC New curriculum

1.1.1. Positive personal and cultural identity

1.1.1.1. Immigrant experience

1.1.1.1.1. Belonging (finding or losing of it)

1.1.2. Personal awareness and responsibility

1.1.2.1. respecting and understanding oneself and others

1.1.2.1.1. Stories told from the memories of the narator

1.1.2.1.2. Historical Notes

1.1.2.1.3. Nasreen’s Secret School:A True Story from Afghanistan by Jeanette Winter

1.1.3. Social responsibility

1.1.3.1. Empathy

1.1.3.1.1. Wonder by R.J. Palacio

2. Dystopian

2.1. Power of the state

2.1.1. Terrible Things by Eve Bunting

2.1.2. Individualism

2.1.2.1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

2.2. Religion

2.3. Environmental

2.3.1. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss

3. The Rabbits by John Marsden (Author) and Shaun Tan (Illustrator)

4. This is not my Hat by Jon Klassen

5. Women's Rights

5.1. Women in literature

5.1.1. How girls are portrayed in literature?

5.1.2. Malala a Brave Girl from Pakistan by Jeanette Winter

5.1.2.1. “Investment in the education of girls may well be the highest-return investment available in the developing world” ~Economist Lawrence Summers

5.2. Femenisim

5.2.1. Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison

5.2.2. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko

6. Dark Literature for Children?

6.1. Where the Wild Things Are by Sendak

6.2. The Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan