“Taking it upon yourself to be seen is a huge part of this story.”
—Betsy Bird
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Working with master cartoonist, Sergio García Sánchez, Nadja Spiegelman took a classic Latin American tale and wrote a version that empowers young girls to take up space and be seen. She chose to shift the focus to the true hero of the story: Blancaflor.
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Spiegelman explained, “I didn’t just want to write a girl power fairytale that was only ‘girls can do everything boys can do,’ so I aimed at something that went deeper than that." | |
"Blancaflor is about the amount of invisible labor that women do—and the ways in which that work isn’t seen and valued in the same way as other kinds of work.” | |
"...and where the heroine has to learn to show off her true powers.” | |
Prepared by Richard Kutner, the head of the TOON Educational Team, our Teacher Guide outlines the ELA Common Core Standards to support standards-based instruction in the classroom using Blancaflor.
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Objectives for students include: | |
Our lesson plans are the perfect companion to classroom-based learning as well as to at home reading activities!
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Whether you're a teacher, librarian, homeschooler, in-person,
virtual, or somewhere in between, TOON has you covered to help children reach their reading goals. | |
