I Have the Right to be a Child

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Call Number: Kids Book / Picture Books / General / Serres, Alain
On Shelf At: Malletts Creek Branch

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Translation of: J'ai le droit d'être un enfant.
Describes what it means to be a child with rights, emphasizing that these rights belong to every child on the planet, and makes evident that knowing and talking about these rights are the first steps toward making sure that they are respected.

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More for parents than kids submitted by wampishing on June 25, 2013, 9:23am Translated from French, this painterly illustrated simplification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child celebrates diversity and the aspects of a loving home environment. The textured, slightly child-like illustration uses a different unified color palette on each page spread, and makes judicious use of geometric shapes. Some of the language, particularly the page which says that children have the right to everything enumerated in the Convention of Rights of the Child (which is listed, along with the ascribing countries, in the back of the book) makes it clear that this book is meant not so much to enrich or entertain children, but to satisfy the political needs of adults. The asterisk that says the child has the right to demand their country join the convention of the Right of the Child if, like the US, they do not already, likely would have no interest or meaning to a child. Despite this, the gentle message may be of particular comfort and value to children in less than ideal situations who perhaps do not understand that they do not deserve mistreatment, no matter what their circumstances.

Lovely book for children submitted by sarai koster-mockeridge on July 27, 2015, 2:35pm The words and illustrations do a wonderful job communicating the most basic rights that children have. With the exception of one page, the language is not scarry, but positive, safe and comforting. Children will be able to relate to the children and ideas in this book.