Gender Stereotypes In Handa's Surprise

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There was a couple of books in the reading center that I found that were culturally diverse. All the books I found had plenty of photographs of different ethnicity’s and backgrounds for the children to see and learn about. The first book I noticed was called Handa’s Surprise, this book talks about a little girl named Handa who puts seven fruits in a basket that’s on her head and takes it to her friend. I would say that this book is representing people from Africa because of Handa’s skin tone, and because of where she carried her basket. I’ve seen many shows on TV where African females are seen carrying baskets on their heads. You can use this book to show the children in a class how people from Africa carry their baskets so they can learn a

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