“Marching is something people do together when they want to resist injustice.” This book, which shows groups of diverse people engaged in political resistance, highlights the reasons that people march, from systemic racism, to climate change, to the women’s suffrage movement. Explore these 12 children’s picture books that highlight powerful examples of protest and resistance:
Ages 6-9.Nonviolent protest and resistance are an integral part of systemic change, and it’s never too early to teach children about the power of rising up and speaking out. The visual statement is as powerful as the story. Sweeping, organic brushstrokes often angle diagonally, painting purple skies above green California fields or dividing rows of brown earth.
Using the bright colors of Mexican art, she skews the landscapes to reflect the characters' emotions. Debut illustrator Morales's mixed-media, full-bleed art taps into folkloric qualities that enhance the humanity of the characters. I speak Spanish." The author also stresses Chavez's struggles to overcome extreme shyness and his commitment to nonviolent means of protest, demonstrating the latter in a climactic account of the landmark farm workers' strike and protest march led by Chavez in 1965. Krull selects details that the target audience will readily understand for example, she notes that Chavez attended 35 schools (he left after eighth grade) and that a teacher once hung a sign on him that read "I am a clown. A lyrical portrait of a glorious early boyhood on his family's Arizona ranch opens the sympathetic narrative and explains that drought forced the family off their land in 1937 and consigned them to the grueling life of itinerant manual farm labor. series) turns readers' attention to Cesar Chavez (1927–1993), founder of the National Farm Workers Association and champion of migrant workers.
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