Kelly Yang on Roald Dahl, Ron De Santis and the New Culture Wars Over Kids’ Books
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In this episode, Andrew talks to Finally Seen author Kelly Yang about Roald Dahl, Ron DeSantis and why children’s literature has become so politicized.
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Kelly Yang is the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk (winner of the 2019 Asian Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature), Parachutes, Three Keys, Room to Dream, New From Here, and Finally Seen. Front Desk also won the Parents’ Choice Gold Medal, was the 2019 Global Read Aloud, and has earned numerous other honors including being named a best book of the year by Amazon, The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and NPR. Learn more at KellyYang.com.
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