A is for Activist

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I've come home from work to catch my father-in-law brainwashing my kids with Fox News playing on TV so it's nice to finally be able to combat that nonsense with an over-the-top left-leaning screed like this alphabet book. And more likely than not, if you are the kind of parent that would read this book to your child, you would have raised them to agree with the book entirely by the time they are mature enough to think about these issues on their own. 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. In both the English and the Spanish version, the “F” page is dedicated to feminism and feministas, however, the Spanish translation also dedicates the “F” page to Frida Kahlo: “F de Frida/ ¡F de foco que brilla como el futuro! 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!

INNOSANTO NAGARA's new-wave board books encourage children to grow up with confidence in themselves, and to be proactive children who are passionate about causes from environmental issues to LGBTQ rights and civil rights.These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

Rosa Parks, Dorothy Day, Ella Baker, Cesar Chávez, Malati Choudhury and Leo Tolstoy, amongst many others. 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.Nagara’s book has received many great reviews and has been hailed as a must for parents and educators trying to teach their kids about social justice. Dan Zanes (maker of 21st century all-ages music and the Grammy Award winning album Catch that Train!

The image shows a large crowd of people in solidarity at a candle light vigil, and many of the faces can actually be recognized as prominent, historical figures. At this time in history we need books for children that use words like justice, ally, freedom, and advocate. It's not an ABC primer, of course, but it's great for anyone who wants the world to be more inclusive and more sane.This is a board book, so presumably geared toward babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, and their adults. But as I continued to make the book part of our family’s reading rotation, I picked up the cadence and was able to have fun reading it aloud to my kids. I love that my kids run around the house with their fists in the air shouting, “Power to the people! Each page follows a theme of civil rights and political activism, while promoting values such as peace, acceptance and independent thought. The children are all shown laughing, speaking, and marching with fists in the air, giving them full agency.

The alphabet format makes zero sense on some pages for example using a word that begins with “J” on the “H” page. Personally I like the book, as does my 4 year old daughter, It can be read on a few levels and is nicely interactive. 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! 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.This page not only emphasizes revolution and resistance, and the danger of centralized power, but also counters gender norms by showing a little girl in pink pigtails playing with a sword. It's horrific that they couldn't lead as a provider, that it took international protests for them to embrace non-white creators and content, but that's systematic racism for you. It definitely has an "us against them" feel, and comes out of a lot of anger towards racism, sexism, environmental harm, inequality, etc. Also, the jargon-y language, in action, served as great discussion prompts with some of the older kids in the room.