A is for Activist

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But friends encouraged him to print more copies, and after a successful kickstarter campaign, A is for Activist came into being as a self-published board book.

A is for Activist: why children’s books are getting political A is for Activist: why children’s books are getting political

A is for Activistis an ABC board book written and illustrated for the next generation of progressives: families who want their kids to grow up in a space that is unapologetic about activism, environmental justice, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, and everything else that activists believe in and fight for. They’re mirrors allowing children to see themselves represented, as well as windows into other people’s lives.

Varietyreviewer Dennis Harvey, while clearly deploring homeschooling, generously acknowledges that the mother is at least "not serving some extreme religious or political agenda" – an attitude that represents the common perception of the phenomenon.

A is for Activist – Innosanto Nagara A is for Activist – Innosanto Nagara

The wise mentors teach to love all critters, the earth, and treat all living beings (including humans) with respect. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. This is an amazing book: the safe course would be a simple message of civic engagement, maybe a little dicey flirting with citizenly disobedience. If you want to make a board book touching on social issues it should be understandable for young children.Counting on Community encourages our children to embrace the power within each of us to create the world anew, to become SOLUTIONARIES. We involved our students in a very engaging and successful project to translate this print resource into ASL and create a video in which our students signed (in ASL) the content of the printed pages. It tells the story of brave and intelligent Farah Hajjar, a girl who just so happens to be Palestinian American. Fun, funny, exquisitely illustrated and brilliantly written with a message that is sure to resonate with kids, who have an innate sense of fairness.