5 Vegbooks reviews tagged Social Justice.
This straightforward telling of Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees by Franck Prévot, is accompanied by colorful and beautiful illustrations by Aurélia Fronty that help set the tone of hope and…
Tags: ActivismAurélia FrontyBiographyEnvironmentFemale ProtagonistFranck PrévotHuman RightsKristin WaldNobel Peace PrizeSocial Justice
Eve Bunting’s latest work has my passion for animals, culture, history, artifacts, and social justice all wrapped up into one children’s book that addresses a brief, albeit important moment in our nation’s collective…
Tags: AnimalsCarolyn M. MullinCivil RightsDeathEarly ElementaryEve BuntingHistoryMartin Luther KingMulesSocial Justice
Pairing rhythmic, sometimes-rhyming prose with expressive illustration, the forthcoming book Magic Trash: A Story of Tyree Guyton and His Art tells the uplifting story of the Detroit native who saved his neighborhood…
Tags: ArtBiographyCommunityDetriotDetroit RiotHeidelberg StreetJ.H. ShapiroPaintingPovertySocial JusticeTrashTyree GuytonVanessa Brantley-Newton
Angela Farris Watkins recounts her childhood memories of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the forthcoming book, My Uncle Martin’s Big Heart. Her recollections are warm and personal, and give children an opportunity…
Tags: ActivismAngela Farris WatkinsCivil RightsEarly ElementaryEric VelasquezMartin Luther KingPreschoolersSocial Justice
Kiddo has a couple books that will bring me to tears, and Mutt Dog!by Stephen Michael King is one of them. The book’s sensitive approach to homelessness, human and canine, and its happy ending get me every time. Mutt…
Tags: AdoptionDogsEarly ElementaryHomelessnessKIND Children's Honor BooksPreschoolersSocial Justice