Walk up to your nearest children’s librarian and insist on a full fledged heaping helping of Javaka. I wish every single kid in America followed that little boy’s lead. He walks right up to me, looks me dead in the eye, and says, “I want all your Javaka Steptoe books.” Essentially this child was a living embodiment of my greatest dream for mankind. They go off to read some books and eventually the younger son, I’d say around four years of age, approaches my desk. True Story: I’m working the children’s reference desk of the Children’s Room at 42nd Street of New York Public Library a couple years ago and a family walks in. Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
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