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 | Mama Liked Blue by Gayle Trent | Reviewed by Cathy Gladstone | |
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| Publisher: Kudlicka
http:// ISBN: 0970525044 Genre: Children/Young Adult Subgenre: Pre-teen Release date: Format: CD-ROM Pages: 57 Price: $9.00 (USD) | |||
| In Mama Liked Blue, Gayle Trent writes a touching story around the all-important theme, racial prejudice. She uses her main character, little Devon, to show us how it feels to be chocolate colored and not pure white or black.
The story opens with Devon preparing to attend his first day at kindergarten. He's all excited what with his new clothes and a new adventure ahead of him. So why is his Nanny upset? She and Grandpa have been so loving and caring towards him, taking the place of his dead parents. But Nanny knows how mean children can be to little folks who are from a black father and white mother like Devon. His grandmother has worried about this day for a long time; for now, it will be increasingly difficult to protect Devon from the prejudices that exist in the outside world. However, Devon reassures her that everything is fine on his way home from school that first day. He describes how he made new friends with Fred and Crystal. But his nanny is still worried. His mother's favorite color was blue and Devon tells Nanny how Crystal's favorite color is blue. He's pretty sure it's a good sign, a sign form his mother in heaven. He thoroughly enjoys kindergarten until his best friend, Fred, starts calling him an Oreo and refuses to speak or play with him. Some problems occur at the park and with the team he's joined. That's when Devon learns about racial prejudice and intolerance. But with the help of Crystal and his grandparents, he finds out that it's not the color of your skin that matters but who you are and how you treat others. Devon teaches others how to overcome the difficulties in personal relationships. This book teaches children to deal with their problems by being the best they can be. It also shows them that prejudice and intolerance are taught and that they should try to stay away from those thoughts and instead help others who are suffering, just like Crystal does with Devon. Anyone who would like help with teaching children about this difficult subject -racial prejudice- should buy Gayle Trent's Mama Liked Blue. This book makes an excellent teaching tool to help stamp out racial prejudice and intolerance - a topic that all children should learn how to handle in the proper way, at the earliest age possible. It should be a must read in schools, libraries, and organizations and by parents who want their children to understand that all people are worthwhile, that skin color should not interfere in a relationship. Author’s Web site: www.hometown.aol.com/gayletrent/myhomepage/profile.html | |||
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