tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794406356268252166.post576700086564623400..comments2024-03-24T14:24:12.716-07:00Comments on De Colores: The Raza Experience in Books for Children: Queen of WaterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794406356268252166.post-8981038621586578302019-04-08T15:29:24.305-07:002019-04-08T15:29:24.305-07:00Hi, Joan. Thanks for writing. We haven't read...Hi, Joan. Thanks for writing. We haven't read WHAT THE MOON SAW, so can't comment on it. But it looks like something we might want to read. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.Beverly Slapinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12822325956522105620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794406356268252166.post-41663954942438889422019-04-08T11:51:41.409-07:002019-04-08T11:51:41.409-07:00I'd be curious to know what you think of Laura...I'd be curious to know what you think of Laura Resau's What the Moon Saw. In a two month visit to her grandparent's in a remote village near Oaxaca, Clara Luna (the 13 y.o. main character) becomes a healer and has many "magical" and religious experiences. It felt like the indigenous peoples' religion and customs were Americanized, i.e. abbreviated from what might normally take many years of study and teaching into one summer. Cultural appropriation or ? Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks!Joanhttps://lhs.edmonds.wednet.edu/librarynoreply@blogger.com