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I Have the Right to Culture
From the author and illustrator duo who created the award-winning I Have the Right to Be a Child and I Have the Right to Save My Planet comes this beautifully illustrated third book in the series.
I Have the Right to Culture explores a child’s right to be curious and to experience all of humanity’s shared knowledge, including music, art, dance and much more. When a child is born, they learn the language of their parents, they sing the songs of their grandparents and they eat the delicious food that their family prepares. They also start to wonder about the lives of other children who live far away. What languages do they speak? What songs do they sing? And what games do they play?
Every child has the right to learn about the world they live in, including its history and its inventions. Every child has the right to learn about artists, about writers, about potters and photographers and architects, about musicians and dancers and poets. All of humanity’s treasures are for sharing, and every child has the right to know about what has come before them! Children have the right to partake in culture as proclaimed in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Told from the perspective of a child, this colorful and vibrant book explores what it means to be a child who has the right to find beauty in their world.
I Have the Right to Culture explores a child’s right to be curious and to experience all of humanity’s shared knowledge, including music, art, dance and much more. When a child is born, they learn the language of their parents, they sing the songs of their grandparents and they eat the delicious food that their family prepares. They also start to wonder about the lives of other children who live far away. What languages do they speak? What songs do they sing? And what games do they play?
Every child has the right to learn about the world they live in, including its history and its inventions. Every child has the right to learn about artists, about writers, about potters and photographers and architects, about musicians and dancers and poets. All of humanity’s treasures are for sharing, and every child has the right to know about what has come before them! Children have the right to partake in culture as proclaimed in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Told from the perspective of a child, this colorful and vibrant book explores what it means to be a child who has the right to find beauty in their world.
48 pages, Hardcover
Published October 5, 2021
26 people want to read
About the author
Alain Serres
246 books6 followersAlain Serres was once a kindergarten teacher who was inspired by his young students to write children’s books. He has since published more than one hundred titles for children of all ages, many of which have been translated into other languages. Alain founded the highly regarded French publishing house Rue du Monde, whose mission is to provide children with books that allow them to question and imagine the world. He lives in Voisins-le-Bretonneux, France.
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June 4, 2023
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May 25, 2023
Although this sounds like a book about entitlement, it's really not. I thoroughly enjoyed this book! It starts from the time a child is born and basically states that as a part of this world, they (we) have a right to know all there is to know. Some specific examples include information / color illustrations about our (all of our) history, and learn about [even the tiniest detail] World History, learning about the stars and how to view them, studying the arts - learning about painters - how they paint, what they paint, what their art means; the same for sculptors, photographers, and other artists, including performing artists!
You may not want to join a circus, but isn't it great to learn about all of the people who do? There are acrobats, tightrope walkers, jugglers, clowns, and more! Learning about people, what they do, and why they do what they do is very interesting!
The author and illustrator did an amazing job in transferring from one section to the next. One of my favorite segments is where they write / illustrate a Juggler, who appears to be on a tightrope, and she is juggling letters. On one page it says, "They juggle the letters of the alphabet and then ..." and then lower on the page, "they save their words between the pages of a book." On the next page is a book with readers from different walks of life on the front & back covers. The words read, "Their books can then find their way into bookstores and libraries all around the world."
This is really an interesting way of looking at an semi-abstract term such as CULTURE. What is culture and what does it mean to you?
You may not want to join a circus, but isn't it great to learn about all of the people who do? There are acrobats, tightrope walkers, jugglers, clowns, and more! Learning about people, what they do, and why they do what they do is very interesting!
The author and illustrator did an amazing job in transferring from one section to the next. One of my favorite segments is where they write / illustrate a Juggler, who appears to be on a tightrope, and she is juggling letters. On one page it says, "They juggle the letters of the alphabet and then ..." and then lower on the page, "they save their words between the pages of a book." On the next page is a book with readers from different walks of life on the front & back covers. The words read, "Their books can then find their way into bookstores and libraries all around the world."
This is really an interesting way of looking at an semi-abstract term such as CULTURE. What is culture and what does it mean to you?
September 22, 2021
This is the third publication in the I Have a Right series. This book gives children a sample of what culture may mean to them. It explores art, photography, dance, music, and imagination. With vivid illustrations it reminds readers that everyone has the freedom to experience and interpret traditions, art, leisure and life, using their own emotions and expressions.
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March 27, 2021Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
April 17, 2023
A follow up to I Have the Right to Be a Child and I Have the Right to Save My Planet and based on the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child, this one focuses on arts and culture.
August 5, 2023
Not Sure if the audience is “kids” or adults.
I enjoyed the illustrations. A lot.
I enjoyed the illustrations. A lot.
January 21, 2025
Beautiful book on the right of all to culture, especially in this day of homogenisation and multi-nationals and everyone trying to be the same.
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