![]() ![]() “I hope are not fearful of people who do not look like them, live in different places, go to different schools, and have a different lifestyle as them.” “This is a celebration of everyone in the world,” she said. ![]() The book highlights differences between cultures (for example, how some children eat pizza while others eat tortillas or baba ghanoush) as well as similarities (such as the spectrum of feelings that people experience). Children emulate and mimic that behavior, so now it’s more important than ever to show them that’s not the way of the world,” she said.įor her part, Manzano’s forthcoming picture book A World Together (National Geographic Kids, September) seeks to teach interconnectedness through her words and National Geographic photographs. “Nowadays, it’s not enough to win-you have to kick the guy in the head also. Nowadays, feel to cooperate with someone is a sign of weakness,” she explained to Gary Knell, chairman of National Geographic Partners and former CEO of Sesame Workshop, in a conversation aired at ALA Virtual June 25. ![]() “I’ve noticed an awful shift in the social behavior of American culture. Author and Sesame Street actor Sonia ManzanoĪctor and Emmy Award–winner Sonia Manzano thinks our country could use a dose of what her longtime character Maria, Big Bird, and the other residents of Sesame Street have been singing about for years: cooperation. ![]()
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