"My Recent Visit to Xanadu"
Title | "My Recent Visit to Xanadu" |
Year for Search | 1999 |
Authors | Franklin, John Hope(1915-2009) |
Secondary Authors | Ajmera, Maya, and Omolodun, Olateju |
Secondary Title | Xanadu, the Imaginary Place |
Pagination | [1-2] |
Date Published | 1999 |
Publisher | Shakti for Children |
Place Published | Durham, NC |
Keywords | African American author, Male author |
Annotation | A brief description of a eutopia written for children in which there is racial harmony, no tobacco or weapons, no crime and no police, and “love, justice, and tolerance.” The eutopia is accompanied by stories and poems about and illustrations of Xanadu by children that range from the traditional Cockaige with a volcano the expels candy to the poignant desire that every child has a mother and father to racial diversity and world peace. All the children are in elementary school. |
Illustration | Illus. |
Holding Institutions | PSt |
Author Note | The African American author (1915-2009) was a well-known historian. |
Full Text | 1999 Franklin, John Hope (1915-2009). “My Recent Visit to Xanadu.” Xanadu, the Imaginary Place. A Showcase of Artwork and Writing by North Carolina’s Children. Ed. Maya Ajmera and Olateju Omolodun (Durham, NC: Shakti for Children, 1999), [1-2], with “Reflections” by the editors [26-28]. [31 pp]. PSt A brief description of a eutopia written for children in which there is racial harmony, no tobacco or weapons, no crime and no police, and “love, justice, and tolerance.” The eutopia is accompanied by stories and poems about and illustrations of Xanadu by children that range from the traditional Cockaige with a volcano the expels candy to the poignant desire that every child has a mother and father to racial diversity and world peace. All the children are in elementary school. African American author. |