Libraries were the preserve of rulers and officials for much of China’s history, but that started to change at the turn of the 20th century
Several weeks ago, I came across a book in the schoolbag of a kindergarten-age boy – let’s call him “Small B” – who goes to a private school in Kuala Lumpur. He had borrowed the book from the school library.
As I turned the pages of the picture book with him, I noticed that the protagonist, how she performed certain tasks, and even the physical setting of the story were not quite reflective of the boy’s lived reality.
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