An East Bay writer of children's books got the offer of a lifetime--a chance for her book to be distributed by publishing giant Scholastic. But it came with a price that she said was too much to pay.
OAKLAND - An East Bay writer of children's books got the offer of a lifetime--a chance for her book to be distributed by publishing giant Scholastic. But it came with a price that she said was too much to pay.
The book was written in 2016, but just this year, Tokuda-Hall got an email saying that Scholastic, the largest publisher of schoolbooks in the country, wanted to license it for distribution. "But also, it omitted the word"racism" entirely from the note," she said. "As though racism had nothing to do with what had happened to my grandparents. I wanted this opportunity so badly, but the cost was just too high."
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