Weekly reading response

Overview

• Chapter 9. Xiaobei Chen. “Racism, culture, and power in children’s books.”

• Chapter 10. Cheryl Williams and Natalie Coulter. “From babies to teens: children are a marketer’s dream.”

• Weekly reading response #4 (Write 400-500 words (in total) about to respond to the following:

• Chapter 9. Chen.
  • Respond to the following study question on p. 193 "What are some of the problems with children's books that merely inform children about cultural diversity but do not help them understand issues of social justice, experiences of racism, and power?"

• Chapter 10. Williams and Coutler.
  • Respond to the following study question on p.214 “Despite the delineation of young people into smaller and smaller marketing niches, which categories of youth are generally underrepresented or missing altogether? Share an example [in your response].”