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Description
In relating the origins, biological features, and uses of several familiar and unfamiliar plants, this Encyclopedia simultaneously offers a primer on colonialism, slavery, and genocide. Adults sharing this book with children should be led by children’s curiosity, but should also help them cultivate a vocabulary and historical understanding of oppression.
Publication Date
2024
Publisher
Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children
City
Montclair
Keywords
botany, colonialism, education, genocide, oppression, slavery, philosophy for children
Disciplines
Early Childhood Education | Education | Philosophy
Recommended Citation
Gregory, Maughn, "Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children (2024) by Jamaica Kincaid" (2024). Picture Books. 17.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/iapc_thinkingstories_picturebooks/17