I Have the Right to Culture explores a child's right to be curious and to experience all of humanity's shared knowledge, including music, art, dance and much more. When a child is born, they learn the language of their parents, they sing the songs of their grandparents and they eat the delicious food that their family prepares. They also start to wonder about the lives of other children who live far away. What languages do they speak? What songs do they sing? And what games do they play? Every child has the right to learn about the world they live in, including its history and its inventions. Every child has the right to learn about artists, about writers, about potters and photographers and architects, about musicians and dancers and poets. All of humanity's treasures are for sharing, and every child has the right to know about what has come before them! Children have the right to partake in culture as proclaimed in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Told from the perspective of a child, this colorful and vibrant book explores what it means to be a child who has the right to find beauty in their world.
所有儿童都享有接触文化的权利。他们有权徜徉在音乐、舞蹈、绘画、戏剧的欢乐世界中，去发现“文化”这个词背后的千百种美好的情感。本书邀请世界上的每一个孩子平等地分享文化成果，唱歌、跳舞、画画、参观展览、欣赏音乐会、热爱科学和历史、阅读，在科学、艺术、文化的滋养下，身心健康地成长。
《儿童权利公约》规定了儿童应享有的健康权、娱乐权、表达权等数十种权利，充分保障儿童生存、发展、受保护的权利。本书着眼于儿童在文化方面的权利，鼓励儿童知道自己的权利，争取自己的权利，积极参加文化和艺术活动，共享人类文明成果。正如书中所说：所有的孩子，都有权利喝到干净的水，也有权利让音乐像流水一样跳动在耳朵里；有权利享用营养均衡的食物，也有权利让各式各样的书籍填满自己的大脑；有权利在生病时被悉心照料，并在康复后迈起欢快的舞步来庆祝；有权利拒绝任何形式的暴力接近自己，并被温柔的诗歌和言语包围。
富有装饰感的插图配合诗歌般的文本，冲破枯燥条目难以理解的障碍，让孩子们轻松知晓联合国《儿童权利公约》保障自己什么样的文化权利，如学习本民族语言，了解世界历史，观看艺术作品，亲手创作，热爱音乐和舞蹈……比单一枯燥的知识讲解更能唤起孩子的共鸣。
By Alain Serres, Illustrated by Aurélia Fronty, Hardcover, Simplified or Traditional Chinese characters, 43 pages, 10.5"x10.3"
