Build a House by Monica McKeita, a Book for Kids

I was struck by how these illustrations, they don't hold back in many ways. Like this family, they're searching for a place to call home and there's one illustration that's pretty unflinching. It's a white man on a horse who is setting fire to this family's house. Can you tell me why you and Monica McKeita illustrator, why you both felt it was important to have a moment like that so vividly portrayed in a book for children? Right. Well, that's kind of where my feelings were. I just, the anger kind of came from like, look, you brought us here to build this country and now you're saying we can't have