The wise mentors teach to love all critters, the earth, and treat all living beings (including humans) with respect. A former colleague posted a photo of a children’s book as her Facebook profile picture – A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara. Throughout the book he maintains a light-hearted and positive tone that is at once kid-friendly and empowering. Cruz would hate that ALL the activists actions are present in here: Large "B"anners, blue "D"onkey butting the head of a red elephant, Silhouette fists raised for "E"quality.

It's essential that children know that the world we live in isn't perfect and that we all have the ability to change it, to make it better for everyone. A is for Activist, written and illustrated by Innosanto Nagara, takes your classic alphabet book and adds a twist of political motivation. Upon graduation, he moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he worked as a graphic designer for a range of social change organizations, before founding the Design Action Collective, a worker-owned cooperative design studio in Oakland, California, that is dedicated to "serving the Movement. A de Activista is an important tool that re-enforces core educational standards and will inspire children towards civic participation in their communities and throughout the world!The illustrations are colorful and interesting and while I’m not a huge fan of their style, I think many readers will like them, including young readers/listeners. Note that some of the negative reviews complain that it's not suitable for a board book, or for tots. I love that my kids run around the house with their fists in the air shouting, “Power to the people! It talks about many controversial topics including feminism, LGBTQ issues, and immigration to name a few.

From A to Z, each page is dedicated to a different value or movement, with colorful, emotive illustrations to match. Bovendien wil ik niet dat mijn dochter over 18 jaar deze recensie terugvindt en me moreel aansprakelijk stelt voor haar opvattingen, dus ik doe net alsof ik hier enorm enerzijds/anderzijds over denk. Medea Benjamin (cofounder Global Exchange and Code Pink): This is the perfect gift for every child—and every parent—in your life. This book was originally written in English, but has been rewritten in Spanish as A de Activista by Martha González. Certain pages taught me things, other pages made me well up, all the pages made me glad my children would be hearing these messages from a young age.These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. The children are all shown laughing, speaking, and marching with fists in the air, giving them full agency. However, the vocabulary is so advanced that while babies to preschoolers might enjoy the pictures and the cadence of the language, they’re not going to understand much of the text.

On the “K” page the words read “Kings are fine for story time/ Knights are fun to play/ But when we make decisions/ we will choose the people’s way! I'm very much an advocate of teaching children about rights and autonomy from a young age, and this book is great to simplify this and teach children. Rosa Parks, Dorothy Day, Ella Baker, Cesar Chávez, Malati Choudhury and Leo Tolstoy, amongst many others.

You want to teach your kids how to be tolerant and kind to everyone while being woke and ready to take on the world's problems. If you want to make a board book touching on social issues it should be understandable for young children. At this time in history we need books for children that use words like, justice, ally, freedom, and advocate. Once they are in grade 4 or so, we can start telling them the details of the harsh reality of this world.

Each page follows a theme of civil rights and political activism, while promoting values such as peace, acceptance and independent thought. A is for Activist is 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. I like the idea of sharing your beliefs with your children, but I think this book is slightly ridiculous. Definitely get this for your kids if you want them to rebel in later life by joining their college's Republican club and/or working for Monsanto.A is for Activist is 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. If I’m reading a book about activism it doesn’t have to mention animals but if it does it has to be for their rights, not for their use and abuse by activists and would be activists. I mean, even the Doctor Suess books used an analogy to teach kids about sharing, environmental protection, etc. This bestselling ABC book is 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. Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's daily session limit.