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Kidlit These Days is your kidlit connoisseurs pairing the best of children’s literature with what’s going on in the world today.
Nicole and Matthew talk about the election, political leadership, and using your voice to bring about democratic change.
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Relevant Links:
PebbleGo Vote
Scholastic’s “Elections” resource bank
Teaching Tolerance “Voting and Voices”
Books Discussed on the Show: Picture Books:
Future President by Lori Alexander; illustrated by Allison Black
A Kids Book About Voting by Next Up
We Are the Change: Words of Inspiration from Civil Rights Leaders
If You Go with Your Goat to Vote by Jan Zauzmer; illustrated by Andrew Roberts
V Is for Voting by Kate Farrell; illustrated by Caitlin Kuhwald
Vote for Our Future! by Margaret McNamara; illustrated by Micah Player
Equality’s Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America by Deborah Diesen; illustrated by Magdalena Mora
When Penny Met POTUS by Rachel Ruiz; illustrated Melissa Manwill
Lift as You Climb: the Story of Ella Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm by Katheryn Russell-Brown; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb by Veronica Chambers; illustrated by Rachelle Baker
Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice by Nikki Grimes; illustrated by Laura Freeman
Middle Grade:
We the People: The United States Constitution Explored and Explained by Evan Sargent; illustrated by Aura Lewis
Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne
Twins by Varian Johnson; illustrated by Shannon Wright
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Kidlit These Days
Kidlit These Days is your kidlit connoisseurs pairing the best of children’s literature with what’s going on in the world today.
