Copyright Date:
2023
Edition Date:
2023
Release Date:
03/07/23
ISBN:
1-915244-12-9
ISBN 13:
978-1-915244-12-3
Dewey:
Fic
Language:
English
Reviews:
Publishers Weekly
(Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)
A Black-presenting child narrator’s activist mother stars in this picture book tribute to a parent’s practice of peaceful advocacy and protest. “Like the beat of a terrific, giant drum,” a “Mommy marches” through sun, rain, and snow “to say the things that need to be said./ To remind people how to love./ To help take the pain away from the world.” Reid’s simply stylized artwork provides context, showing long-legged figures of varied abilities and skin tones holding signs aloft in various scenes of protest: “Love is not a color,” “Protect our trees,” “Equality 4 All.” Positioned as a leader of actions, the parental subject, “a marching machine” concerned about varied progressive causes, stands out with a red flower tucked into black curls as she enthusiastically leads crowds through the streets, stands arm in arm with cohorts, and orates from a podium. Throughout, Hawkins’s rhythmic prose highlights the feelings and ideas that compel Mommy to march, and concluding pages make clear that her actions, like those of her mother and grandmother before her, succeed at inspiring both her child and her community. Ages 4–9. (Mar.)
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Publishers Weekly
(Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)
Mommy says that some things can't be said with just words . . . Sometimes you have to say it with your feet.
A young girl watches her mommy proudly take to the streets to march for what she believes in. Mommy marches through the sunshine, through the rain and through the deepest snow, on her own or hand-in-hand with others, to give voice to causes that need to be heard. Inspired to join the next generation of young activists, her daughter dreams of marching alongside her.
A joyful story celebrating the power of peaceful protest and the will to change things for the better.