The Face of America Childrens The Paperback John Wiley & Sons 9780816673131

The Face of AmericaPlays for Young People\nAuthor(s): Childrens Theatre Company, Peter Brosius, Elissa Adams\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Minnesota Press, United States\nImprint: University of Minnesota Press\nISBN-13: 9780816673131, 978-0816673131\nSynopsis\nThe world of young people in the United States today is exhilaratingly global, enriched by the influences of many various cultures. With that, however, comes the need for children to retain confidence in their own heritage while empathizing with people who might seem very different from them. The protagonists of these four plays-written for the world-renowned Childrens Theatre Company of Minneapolis-strive to achieve that balance with determination, love, and humor. \n\nThe richness and relevance of these plays lie in their complex portraits of diversity and cultural collision. In Snapshot Silhouette, Somali-born Najma and African American Tay C share the same skin color but struggle to understand each other. Th.