Outlook 2022-03-14 - "My City Speaks" (with illustrator Ashley Barron & author Darren Lebeuf)

Co-host Kerry was a sensitivity/authenticity reader/consultant on a recent project, a picture book published by Toronto’s children’s book publishers’ Kids Can Press. “My City Speaks” is a book for young readers, a delightful exploration of a cityscape, through the perspective of a little blind girl. In it, she travels her city, experiencing the sounds and smells along the way. This week, on Outlook, we’re speaking with the author of the book, Darren Lebeuf and its illustrator, Ashley Barron. They tell us about their author/illustrator roles on this project (and the other two books in the series) and the discussion evolves into one about how blindness and disability have been included (or not included historically) in literature and children’s literature more specifically. Pick up a copy of “My City Speaks” in either hard cover, ebook, and in print/braille versions, along with the other two books in the series (“My Forest is Green and ”My Ocean is Blue), all available on the Kids Can Press website here: https://kidscanpress.com// Check out Ashley on her website: http://www.ashleybarron.com and on Instagram @_ashleybarron_ And find Darren on his website: http://landoflebeef.com and on Instagram @darrenlebeuf