After Joeita Gupta’s nephew was born, she started to think about what kinds of books to add to his first personal library. She's interested in books that show disability in a positive light and express disability as part of the full human experience. Joeita speaks to Dorothy Ellen Palmer about her book called The Scooter Twins, and they get into a discussion around disability representation in children’s literature. Joeita’s also joined by Kelly Fritsch and Anne McGuire, who speak about their disability representation research and their book We Move Together. And to round out the conversation, Karen Li shares how Groundwood Books aims to publish children’s stories that accurately represent peoples lived experience with disabilities.
After Joeita Gupta’s nephew was born, she started to think about what kinds of books to add to his first personal library. She's interested in books that show disability in a positive light and express disability as part of the full human experience.
Joeita speaks to Dorothy Ellen Palmer about her book called The Scooter Twins, and they get into a discussion around disability representation in children’s literature.
Joeita’s also joined by Kelly Fritsch and Anne McGuire, who speak about their disability representation research and their book We Move Together.
And to round out the conversation, Karen Li shares how Groundwood Books aims to publish children’s stories that accurately represent peoples lived experience with disabilities.