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Profiles of fifteen activists and movements whose work for social justice was in the spirit of Gandhi's nonviolent resistance.
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BLOGGING
We’re living through an incredible time in our nation’s history. From my perspective, we have the opportunity to move from being a racially polarized society to one that is consciously multiracial and multicultural. I'm making notes on a blog,"Coloring Between the Lines," reflecting on race and culture in relation to children's books. Stop by and join in the conversation!
Here's the link: ColoringBetween.blogspot.com
MIDDLE SCHOOL COMICS WORKSHOPS
NEW BOOKS
Here are my recent and upcoming books:
- After Gandhi: 100 Years of Nonviolent Resistance, a nonfiction book for ages 10-14, cowritten with my son Perry O'Brien, published by Charlesbridge, Spring 2009
See the book's website at AfterGandhi.com
- Jamaica Is Thankful - the 7th Jamaica book! - by Juanita Havill, published by Houghton Mifflin, Fall 2009
- What Will You Be, Sara Mee?, by Kate Aver Avraham, a picture book about a Korean-American first birthday celebration, published by Charlesbridge, Spring 2010
- Moon Watchers, by Reza Jalali, a picture book about Ramadan, published by Tilbury House, June 2010
- A Path of Stars, a picture book about the Cambodian American experience, published by Charlesbridge, Spring 2012
And The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea is now available in paperback. See the book's website is at KoreanRobinHood.com
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Our perception and, therefore, our experience of reality is determined by how we hold – or frame – what happens to us. “The trick is what one emphasizes,” Carlos Castaneda wrote. “We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”
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A column by Anne Sibley O'Brien, published in the newsletter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, describing how Hong Kil Dong was conceived and created.
"It was a great inspiration, but I knew nothing about graphic novels. I went home and got to work. The first experts I consulted were my 18-year-old daughter and my 22-year-old son."
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In all the physical art forms - dance, acting, singing - few artists would think of performing, even in practice, without warming up the related muscles... What if we were to imagine that warmups are also essential for producing the highest quality visual work? ... Visual work uses the body, too, and perhaps what needs warming up in order to reach the fullest possible expression is the eye-mind-hand connection. To that end, here are some visual warmups to get your flow going.
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What if both integrity and profitability were possible? What if I honored the work I was passionate about by thinking strategically enough to make sure I got paid well for it?
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What the reviewers are saying about After Gandhi:
It's been a century since a young lawyer named Mohandas Gandhi peacefully defied the British Empire in support of Indian laborers working in South Africa. In this book, a mother-son team of social activists trace the impact of that seminal event, highlighting the subsequent, worldwide history of nonviolent resistance through understandable text and rich portraits and illustrations.
The book does an admirable job of clarifying complex conflicts and conveying that the truth eventually prevails when persistently applied, even against the most malevolent regimes.
Coverage includes dozens of examples profiling the durable courage of leaders like Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, Václev Havel, and Wangari Maathai and ending with a chapter on the role of nonviolence in shaping the future
School Library Journal
March 1, 2009