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The Antiracist Kid: A Book About Identity, Justice, and Activism by Tiffany Jewell, Nicole Miles
jobyrne's review
3.0
Definitely for elementary aged kids, but useful for parents or caregivers as well. Helps give good language and talking points for grown-ups to use with the kids in their lives!
andeez's review
4.0
Thank you, NetGalley, for the ARC in exchange for review.
I love "This Book Is Anti-Racist" by Jewell - so much that we have 100 copies in our middle school library. I wanted to read The Antiracist Kid to see how similar it was. This book for elementary kids covers a lot of the same information. More for upper elementary than younger.
Jewell does a great job with definitions, vocabulary, and having the reader dive into their own identity. I'd love for this to be required reading. But we know there are people all over the country who would flip out at the suggestion of reading a work like this. Which is really too bad.
This is a great book for groups or guidance by an adult that could help with any questions. I'm glad this material is out there. Now if people would just get to the point where this is common knowledge.
I love "This Book Is Anti-Racist" by Jewell - so much that we have 100 copies in our middle school library. I wanted to read The Antiracist Kid to see how similar it was. This book for elementary kids covers a lot of the same information. More for upper elementary than younger.
Jewell does a great job with definitions, vocabulary, and having the reader dive into their own identity. I'd love for this to be required reading. But we know there are people all over the country who would flip out at the suggestion of reading a work like this. Which is really too bad.
This is a great book for groups or guidance by an adult that could help with any questions. I'm glad this material is out there. Now if people would just get to the point where this is common knowledge.
ga_hah_stwi's review
5.0
This book is thorough with the information without being overwhelming. Really enjoyed it.
lolalongstraw's review
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Tiffany Jewell’s work is inspiring. I first picked up The Antiracist Kid to see how it could work in my 4th/5th grade classroom. I originally read This Book is Antiracist a few years ago and have used some parts of it in the classroom as well. The Antiracist Kid takes the same content and breaks it down into language that is very accessible for 10-11 year olds.
The book focuses on three topics: identity, justice, and activism. I can see this being used one section at a time throughout the entire school year. While it is very digestible for young readers, I think they would get even more out of it in tandem with discussions, written reflections, the partner texts mentioned at the end of the book, and more.
Great read! I am very glad to have to this to share with more antiracist kids!
The book focuses on three topics: identity, justice, and activism. I can see this being used one section at a time throughout the entire school year. While it is very digestible for young readers, I think they would get even more out of it in tandem with discussions, written reflections, the partner texts mentioned at the end of the book, and more.
Great read! I am very glad to have to this to share with more antiracist kids!
angelarivers's review
5.0
As an LGBTQI+ family, this book was amazing at talking about so many topics and so many issues our community and family faces daily. My girls are 5 and 3 years old and I wanted to read this book to them to help keep dialog open for conversations about racism, classism, ableism, ect. These are all topics we have always discussed with our kids but this book was able to explain more about so many topics and our girls came up with more questions as we kept reading. It's very important for our family to fight for injustices of others and this book has given us many resources to use everyday.
therearenobadbooks's review
informative
medium-paced
5.0
I love this book. We could discuss each page in the classroom and all would be valuable. Children learn all different concepts from personal (identity) to general (society, community).
"You know who you are!
You know who you are better than anyone else!
You are the one who gets to choose how you identify!
You get to decide how much you will share with others!
You are learning more about yourself and your history every day.
No one can tell you who you are.
It does not feel good when other people try to tell you who you are.
You have a right to be yourself.
You have a right to be protected, to be heard, to be seen, to be respected, and to be a part of your community and society..."
The book is well put together. Goes from passive to active (learning about it, knowing how to act, to be heard, to advocate, and to repair). We all make mistakes. You can repair too: to listen and to be heard.
The design is amazing including 130 vibrant pages with a pleasant font. Recaps of highlight information at the end of each chapter and conversation starters for a deeper discussion.