Day 16: diversity.
Two picture books celebrating/ acknowledging the diversity of New Zealand's population.
Watercress Tuna and the children of Champion Street by Patricia Grace; illustrated by Robyn Kahukiwa (1984).
Child of Aotearoa by Melanie Drewery; illustrated by Bruce Potter (2004).
Both books quietly acknowledge the diversity of our population. It is not a melting pot - but a boil-up: each piece adds to the overall flavour, but doesn't loose its individual taste and appeal.
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