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I'm really curious about the age group this is for. I feel like this reads better for older kids or for younger kids who have an adult who can read this with. That is not always the case and just thinking on my own experience, language is often a barrier. Still, I really enjoyed this and really think this should be something all adults share with their kids, great messages and techniques

🙌 https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2022/03/23/racist-babies-cruz-k...

4 🌟 This is a great non-fiction book for parents and babies. I actually think of it as more a self-help book for adults than really for babies. The information in it is great, I just wish the author did try so hard to rhyme. It threw my off as a reader. On some pages it worked great, and on others I felt it messed with the flow and the message.

This is a great book for kids, but also for adults. It explains antiracism to small children in terms that make sense to them. It also gives some great information for parents and caregivers about how to raise children to be antiracist.
#AntiracistBaby #IbramXKendi #audiobook

Be prepared for an onslaught of reviews of all the picture books nominated for the GR Choice Awards!

But this is a review I don‘t want to write, because I 💜 Ibram X. Kendi. With this being a board book, I thought the target audience was babies & toddlers, but it feels like it is written more for their parents. The rhyming is awkward, but I did really like the 9 steps to make equity a reality. It‘s not easy distilling the complexity ⬇️⬇️

#bookhaul! When I went to pick up the books for #basicwitchswap, some of my past orders for myself had come in, too.

This is an excellent board book for parents and librarians to read to the youngest of children to begin a foundation of antiracism and diversity. The book advocates 9 steps to “make equity a reality,” and counting each one would be great practice for toddlers. Some vocabulary may need further explaining for curious youngsters, but rhyming steps make fun-reading and bright, bold illustrations of families of color will hold young ones‘ interests!

#BBRC #atoz #A
Not my favorite. It really made me feel like I was a racist.

A really cute board book that deals with a very big and important topic. The perfect gift for any new baby and their parents!

For me, at least 55% of a picture book is the illustrations. This one fell short for my taste. While I think this is an incredibly important topic to introduce early on, I think much of this would be over a picture book reader‘s head. All in all, this was a so-so for me.

First #BBRC 20/21 book #A2Z
#BlackLivesMatter
Book 121 7.2.20

This is such a nice baby book about being kind to everyone around you. It‘s simple, colorful, and gets the point across in a major way. This is something that every family can use to talk about race and loving everyone the same. #blacklivesmatter #blackauthor

Attending an excellent webinar with the brilliant-as-usual Ibram X. Kendi. Also admiring Boston Globe journalist Bina Venkataraman‘s bookshelves. (I would be inspecting Kendi‘s shelves with even greater interest, but he only has the tagged book in his background this time :) I could spend MANY hours studying the screenshots of people‘s shelves I‘ve taken during pandemic Zoom meetings, news reports, social media videos, etc.! 🧐😆

Board Book out next week.

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#BlackoutTuesday