"The illustrators have all done a beautiful job incorporating the text into their artwork, and the different styles make for a colorful and varied experience. Each quote and accompanying illustrator's note is short yet powerful."
-- School Library Journal
We Are the Change: Words of Inspiration from Civil Rights Leaders
Sixteen award-winning children's book artists illustrate the civil rights quotations.
Chronicle Books
2019 • ages 10 and up
ISBN-10 : 1452170398
ISBN-13 : 978-1452170398
"IN DiVERSiTy THERE IS BEauty AND THERE IS STrENGTh" -MAYA ANGELOU
illustration by selina Alko
Sixteen award-winning children's book artists illustrate the civil rights quotations that inspire them in this stirring and beautiful book. Featuring an introduction by Harry Belafonte, words from Eleanor Roosevelt, Maya Angelou, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. among others, this inspirational collection sets a powerful example for generations of young leaders to come.
It includes illustrations by Selina Alko, Alina Chau, Lisa Congdon, Emily Hughes, Molly Idle, Juana Medina, Innosanto Nagara, Christopher Silas Neal, John Parra, Brian Pinkney, Greg Pizzoli, Sean Qualls, Dan Santat, Shadra Strickland, Melissa Sweet, and Raúl the Third.
Reviews
"The illustrators have all done a beautiful job incorporating the text into their artwork, and the different styles make for a colorful and varied experience. Each quote and accompanying illustrator's note is short yet powerful."
-- School Library Journal
"A heady mix of visual and verbal inspiration, nearly every page rewarding slow, thoughtful attention."
— Kirkus Reviews