I have been researching the web for dystopian picture books to use to model the Book Browse to students... It appears that there are not that many in this category. However, I found three books that I think I can use - Terrible Things by Eve Bunting, Home of the Brave by Allen Say, and The Flower by John Light. Looks like I will be taking a trip to the library... Here is an interesting take on utopian/dystopian discourses in picture books.
While I was searching, I found this little gem about how dystopian text are connected to fairytales. Cinder (Book One of the Lunar Chronicles) by Marissa Meyer is a book that brings this to mind. Hummm, maybe I can check out some fairytale picture books to see if they can be used...
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