Leo, Lolas little brother from Leo Loves Baby Time, is back in a new adventure at. Thanks to McQuinn and Hearson for recognising a need for this in today's multiracial shiftingsocial world. By: Anna McQuinn / Illustrated by: Ruth Hearson. Not only that but the picturebook shows a diverse range of families from different racial backgrounds including a mixed-race family: all voices and faces that need to be far more prevalent in the literature of today. This are things that dads do these days but to see it in picturebooks is rare.
Finally, he cleans and dresses him at the end.
The round, smiling babies, and the loving caregivers come in all skin colors, and there are some age differences, too, among t. They splash, sing, play, and get their bodies ready for early swimming readiness. He reads with Zeki about swimming, changes him for swimming and takes him into the pool to 'splish and sploosh' with the other parents and children. Leo's new swim classes feature a realistic array of caregivers and children at a typical pool.
The primary carer in Zeki's world (in this book) is dad. On the surface, McQuinn might be sharing a story of a baby enjoying his swim in a communal swimming pool with other parents and children but it is what is not made explicit that remains powerful and much needed.Ī delightful story of the caring and nurturing relationship between a parent and his child, 'Zeki can Swim' offers a breath of fresh air in relation to diversity and the dismantling of socio-cultural stereotypes. A lovely little picturebook published by Alanna Books.
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