Many topics touched on that can invite further enquiry (my daughter a little young for that so far).

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. I wish this beautiful and inspiring book was around when my daughter was young but fortunately there are plenty of cool children around today who will devour what Inno is serving up! Young, old, different races, different genders, breastfeeding mothers, musicians, farmers, kids in wheelchairs – everyone is represented which serves as a good mirror for anyone reading along. Note that some of the negative reviews complain that it's not suitable for a board book, or for tots.When I bring books into our home, I want beautiful books that are going to remain relevant and meaningful and reflect respect for children and a vision of a sound world.

Nagara challenges this norm and makes every child from every background a protagonist in his story, while teaching new generations the value of activism. The alliteration, rhyming and vibrant illustrations make the book exciting for children, while the issues depicted resonate with their parents’ values of community, equality and justice.From A to Z, each page is dedicated to a different value or movement, with colorful, emotive illustrations to match. My aim is to try and raise a well rounded, open minded person who can think for themselves and books like these are a useful way to introduce big ideas in a simple way, great for starting conversations.

The children are all shown laughing, speaking, and marching with fists in the air, giving them full agency. Children will naturally be empathetic, compassionate, respectful, and kind hearted with proper mentorship and without the need of ideological suggestions at such a young age. This unique alphabet book encourages young readers to stand up for what they believe in, engage with their community, and become aware of the social movements going on around them, at any age. I like the idea of sharing your beliefs with your children, but I think this book is slightly ridiculous. Throughout the book he maintains a light-hearted and positive tone that is at once kid-friendly and empowering.I mean, even the Doctor Suess books used an analogy to teach kids about sharing, environmental protection, etc. The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. A is for Activist covers all this ground with a playful rhyming style that makes you want to turn the pages and read the book over and over again. This book is propaganda for kids, obviously, which makes me a little uncomfortable, as much I agree with the opinions.

Nagara, on his book’s Facebook page, provides a “Who’s Who” of the faces he illustrated, and they include Martin Luther King, Jr. Naomi Klein (author of The Shock Doctrine) and Avi Lewis (filmmaker): Full of wit, beauty and fun, we can think of no better way to learn the alphabet. 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. Kids would be better off learning about STEM subjects and being given a desire to learn more about that. It talks about many controversial topics including feminism, LGBTQ issues, and immigration to name a few.It's positive and uplifting, the illustrations are bright and include representations of diverse people, lots of them children, many of them smiling. Publication dates are subject to change (although this is an extremely uncommon occurrence overall). Nagara visibly works to include under-represented communities and, according to a Publisher’s Weekly review, has stated that “The statistics on racial diversity alone in children’s books are appalling, not to mention gender, LGBTQ families, and progressive values in general. Are you inviting the reader to a discussion about how left wing groups tear themselves apart in never ending tests of idealogical purity while right wingers have no problem voting along party lines, whatever their personal squabbles?