We tried to create balance in the focus and type of activism. Jeanette: There are so many young activists who are doing amazing work! It was hard to choose. Supriya: Was it difficult figuring out which fourteen activists to include? I wanted to not just inspire but empower kids to speak out and act when they see a wrong. I wanted to create something to spotlight contemporary kids who were making change.
One day she said “I wish I lived in the past, so that I could change things.” I realized that the unintentioned impact of these biographies of people who have done great things in history was that my daughter thought history was only made by famous dead people. Jeanette: My youngest was six at the time, and was devouring picture book biography collections like SHE PERSISTED and LITTLE LEADERS. The book evolved out of that first Facebook group conversation! Keila: The three of us had similar ideas about a picture book about contemporary young people, and had a conversation about our ideas on social media. Supriya: How did you come up with the idea for this book? Dawson (Photo credit: Robert Frenck, Jr.) Lindsay H. I’m so thrilled to have the opportunity to chat with Jeanette Bradley, Keila V. Dawson, and Jeanette Bradley Illustrated by Jeanette Bradley is a beautiful, inspiring book of poetry about fourteen young activists who have stepped up to make change in their community and the United States. NO VOICE TOO SMALL: FOURTEEN YOUNG AMERICANS MAKING HISTORY (Charlesbridge, ), edited by Lindsay H.
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