Educational Justice: A Nikkolas Smith Interview About The History of We

From the moment I saw it, I could see that it was something unique. Something remarkable even.

Now about two years ago I had a running gag with my co-workers about just how popular the Pleistocene was in picture books. I’d joke that you couldn’t throw a dart in a children’s room without hitting two or three of the suckers (Note: Please do not throw darts in children’s rooms). The idea that someone might go back further, then tie everything into the world today in an epic, sweeping, but u...