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kailawil's review
5.0
Perfect books don't exi--
But seriously, this is wonderful. Beautifully illustrated, easy-to-understand, and well written. The notes included in the back are wonderful, and I love the page of books that inspired this one. My nieces and nephews are all getting a copy.
But seriously, this is wonderful. Beautifully illustrated, easy-to-understand, and well written. The notes included in the back are wonderful, and I love the page of books that inspired this one. My nieces and nephews are all getting a copy.
drcbooks's review
4.0
Extra additions in front and back can be a great resource for caregivers. While the rhymes in the text did not quite work at all times, it is overall simple and straightforward for tackling so many topics. Recommended for school-age children to be shared with their caregivers.
nerdybookworm23's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
qgg's review against another edition
5.0
I’d give this 6 stars if I could.
The art and the verse are simple, clean and powerful. The concepts of ally, defend, provide, community care, transgender, nonbinary, who wears a hijab and why, Black Lives Matter, solidarity, ancestors, water protectors, immigrant, refugee, inclusion, origin, barriers, disability, and bias are ALL covered in a way that’s accessible to young readers. This book includes a letter to grown-ups at the beginning, a few paragraphs about intersectionality at the end to dive deeper, a page-by-page discussion guide for families to learn more, and an 18 book bibliography for adults.
The best parts of this book were the discussions I had with my son while reading it. His questions and comments reminded us of other books we’ve read about people with different religions, disabilities, gender expressions, Native culture, the Women’s rights movement, feminism and protests we’ve been to. We talked about how to be an ally on the playground, and how to let our friends tell us how they identify. It was a very big and precious conversation.
The art and the verse are simple, clean and powerful. The concepts of ally, defend, provide, community care, transgender, nonbinary, who wears a hijab and why, Black Lives Matter, solidarity, ancestors, water protectors, immigrant, refugee, inclusion, origin, barriers, disability, and bias are ALL covered in a way that’s accessible to young readers. This book includes a letter to grown-ups at the beginning, a few paragraphs about intersectionality at the end to dive deeper, a page-by-page discussion guide for families to learn more, and an 18 book bibliography for adults.
The best parts of this book were the discussions I had with my son while reading it. His questions and comments reminded us of other books we’ve read about people with different religions, disabilities, gender expressions, Native culture, the Women’s rights movement, feminism and protests we’ve been to. We talked about how to be an ally on the playground, and how to let our friends tell us how they identify. It was a very big and precious conversation.
clairetbartlett's review against another edition
4.0
As other reviewers have said, there is a lot going on in this book. I wasn't quite sure how to rate it, but I think 4.5 would be more accurate, for what the book is trying to do. I love that there is now a book I can use with young people that explores intersectionality and making room for others.
It almost definitely needs to be read with a grown up and frequent discussion. But it is clear that the writers worked really hard to make a challenging topic easier to understand, and provide a lot of additional material that can be used to explain the concept to elementary aged children.
It almost definitely needs to be read with a grown up and frequent discussion. But it is clear that the writers worked really hard to make a challenging topic easier to understand, and provide a lot of additional material that can be used to explain the concept to elementary aged children.
mygallaget's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.0
maweets's review against another edition
5.0
Five stars for the resources alone. It can be daunting, as a parent or educator, to know where to start to introduce these topics especially when they intersect. This book does a lovely job at showing how people can be different in so many ways, but through compassion and dedicated action, we can make space for all of us to exist equally.
The illustrations and rhyming scheme makes these topics accessible for younger readers but the extra support and resources for the grown-ups help to facilitate conversations after reading this book. Intersectionality is constant work and this book is a great introduction to that work.
The illustrations and rhyming scheme makes these topics accessible for younger readers but the extra support and resources for the grown-ups help to facilitate conversations after reading this book. Intersectionality is constant work and this book is a great introduction to that work.
emeelee's review
3.0
Sadly, I didn't love this. The "story" itself was poorly executed-- the rhymes didn't work and there was little narrative cohesion. I think this would have worked better as a non-fiction book about intersectionality. Still, there's a lot of useful information in here to help adults navigate these conversations with children. The amount of intersectional inclusion was great-- including a hijabi Muslimah, a wheelchair user, a gender nonbinary child, and a refugee, among many others. I had never heard the term "1.5 generation" immigrant, before.