Alma Flor Ada

El reino de la geometría
El reino de la geometría

BOOK DESCRIPTION

Every­one lives hap­pily in the King­dom of Geom­e­try until King Square VII comes to the throne, Per­suaded by his courtiers that a square is the per­fect fig­ure, with four iden­ti­cal sides and four square angles, he decrees that only squares shall be allowed in the palace and in the town. It takes much inge­nu­ity and deter­mi­na­tion on the part of a young square named Rose, to free the remain­ing fig­ures from the king’s rule. This is a story to ini­ti­ate reflec­tions on injus­tice, dis­crim­i­na­tion and racism, as well as pos­si­ble responses to oppres­sion. The illus­tra­tions are by the famous Span­ish artist José Ramón Sánchez.

AUTHOR’S NOTE

The strug­gle against oppres­sion and the need to elim­i­nate racism are con­stants in my life, thus it is not sur­pris­ing that they come out in sev­eral of my sto­ries, some­times uncon­sciously. The name Rose of the lit­tle square who would not accept the king’s rul­ing and who found and intel­li­gent and peace­ful way of over­com­ing the injus­tice done unto oth­ers is a small trib­ute to my daugh­ter Rosalma Zubizarreta, who has devoted her life to pro­mote peace, sol­i­dar­ity and social justice.

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Keywords: Children's Books, Fictional Narrative, diversity/tolerance, elementary school, hispanic children’s literature, latino children’s literature, multicultural children’s literature, Spanish, Spanish only