Determining Interrelationality in Picture Books

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How do we spot interrelationality in children’s books? Boykin et al. (1997) describe this Afrocultural concept of communalism as a “spirituality, which suggests a focus on the vitalistic, shared essence of all things” (p. 409). This shared essence might be recognized in a children’s book when a harm to one character is felt by many, or by whole communities.