Material Type: Book
Material Type: Book
Enough!: 20 protesters who changed America
Profiles twenty social reformers throughout American history, including Samuel Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Cesar Chavez, Gilbert Baker, and Colin Kaepernick.
Kid Activists: true tales of childhood from champions of change
Presents childhood stories from activists, including Martin Luther King Jr., Harvey Milk, and Susan B. Anthony.
A is for Activist
An ABC book for 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 we believe in and fight for.
Black Women Who Dared
Profiles ten black women from Canada and the United States, including Jackie Shane, Rosa Pryor, and Mary Miles Bibb.
Intersection Allies: We make room for all
Nine characters from varying backgrounds describe their interconnectedness and pass along a message of allyship and equality.
We Rise, We Resist, We raise Our Voices
What do we tell our children when the world seems bleak, and prejudice and racism run rampant? With 96 lavishly designed pages of original art and prose, fifty diverse creators lend voice to young activists. Featuring poems, letters, personal essays, art, and other works from such industry leaders as Jacqueline Woodson (Brown Girl Dreaming), Jason Reynolds (All American Boys), Kwame Alexander (The Crossover), Andrea Pippins (I Love My Hair), Sharon Draper (Out of My Mind), Rita Williams-Garcia (One Crazy Summer), Ellen Oh (cofounder of We Need Diverse Books), and artists Ekua Holmes, Rafael Lopez, James Ransome, Javaka Steptoe, and more, …
The Youngest Marcher
Presents the life of nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks who became the youngest known child to be arrested for picketing against Birmingham segregation practices in 1963.
Resist: 35 profiles of ordinary people who rose up against tyranny and injustice
A nonfiction collection of profiles of prominent activists for young readers.
Slay
An honors student at Jefferson Academy, seventeen-year-old Keira enjoys developing and playing Slay, a secret, multiplayer online role-playing game celebrating black culture, until the two worlds collide.
The Belles
In a world where Beauty is a commodity only a few control, one Belle will learn the dark secrets behind her powers, and rise up to change the world.
Pet
In a near-future society that claims to have gotten rid of all monstrous people, a creature emerges from a painting seventeen-year-old Jam’s mother created, a hunter from another world seeking a real-life monster.
The Poet X
When Xiomara Batista, who pours all her frustrations and passion into poetry, is invited to join the school slam poetry club, she struggles with her mother’s expectations and her need to be heard.
Not So Pure and Simple
High school junior Del Rainey unwittingly joins a Purity Pledge class at church, hoping to get closer to his long-term crush, Kiera.
Dear Martin
Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.
Cora Cooks Pancit
Writers often draw on their families for inspiration. They may write directly about the experiences of their family members or they may just draw details (the author named the main character after her grandmother Cora), events or feelings from their family members. Write a story that draws inspiration from your family. It can be a true story or based on your imagination using real details from your life.
Me and My Fear
What is a time when your emotions changed over the course of the day? Write stories that involve emotions that change. The stories can be based on a real event when you had strong emotions or you can make up an event.
Squids Will Be Squids
Write your own fables that teach a lesson to readers! Your fables can be funny like Squids Will Be Squids or serious. What are some morals or lessons that you know? How could your characters learn the moral?
Women in Science
A collection of artworks inspired by the lives and achievements of fifty famous women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.