Story & Pictures By (2023)
• October 7th, 2023 • 1h 24min
Family, Documentary
Overview
Takes audiences behind the scenes of the new golden age of children’s picture books —a time when all children can see characters who look like them on the page; a time when creators come from diverse communities and backgrounds; and a time when instead of keeping the hard stuff out of stories for children, we put it in and provide context and counternarrative.
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