![]() ![]() Kenya’s friends and classmates tick off the other racial and ethnic boxes for a nicely rainbow classroom: white twins, a black trumpet player, an Asian soccer player, a Latina teacher. Mitchell’s detailed watercolor, graphite, and digital illustrations show a loving black family whose expressions are rather static. ![]() Kenya makes her own thingamabob that is sure to have parents of packrats cringing: it’s a huge heap of broken toys anchored in a clay base. Kenya labels it a “thingamabob.” The whole family gets in on the act at home, making new things from old and creating art. ![]() It’s not useful, it’s art,” says the docent. But a museum tour provides the spark: a quilt made with reused scraps and a sculpture: “This artist recycled used bottles and made something to look at. A walk to the park only reinforces how much better her classmates’ vacations have been. In a narrative shift, Kenya asks her dad for homework help-she has to tell her class what she did for spring vacation: nothing. Kenya’s story begins when her mother orders her to get rid of all her broken toys, including the one she is currently playing with, a prize from her art teacher. ![]() A broken-toy purge turns into an art-making session in this didactic look at recycling and reuse. ![]()
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