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Gyo Fujikawa drew some babies and made history

It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear

April 25, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have read It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way before. However, I had forgotten what a gem Kyo Maclear’s story was. Therefore, it was like finding it all over again. Once reading, I remembered a few things, but new information came to light. We know Gyo Fujikawa for her babies of all colors. But this was not always the case. She, along with a select few, decided to put diverse characters in their images. Yet, in the 1960s, this did […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: art, Gyo Fujikawa, Julie Morstad, Kyo Maclear, Prejudice & Racism, United States - Asian American & Pacific Islander

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:163 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: art, Gyo Fujikawa, Julie Morstad, Kyo Maclear, Prejudice & Racism, United States - Asian American & Pacific Islander ·
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Gyo Fujikawa Drew her way into our hearts

It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear 

July 29, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear and illustrated by Julie Morstad is a different picture book. It is a picture book about someone who fought not only to be seen themselves, but for others to be seen too. In the 1920’s Gyo Fujikawa did what few women and even fewer Japanese people did: she went to college. She did what few people in the 1960’s did: she put pictures of all races of babies on the same page in […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: art, artists, Diversity & Multicultural, Gyo Fujikawa, Japanese Americans, Julie Morstad, Kyo Maclear, Prejudice & Racism, United States - Asian American

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:244 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: art, artists, Diversity & Multicultural, Gyo Fujikawa, Japanese Americans, Julie Morstad, Kyo Maclear, Prejudice & Racism, United States - Asian American ·
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