Social Activists
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Malala’s Magic Pencil
$17.99 Add to cartNobel Peace Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Malala Yousafzai’s first picture book, inspired by her own childhood.
Malala’s first picture book will inspire young readers everywhere- Author: Yousafzai, Malala
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: October 17, 2017
- ISBN10: 0316319570
- Language: English
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For the Right to Learn: Malala Yousafzai’s Story
$31.32 Read moreShe grew up in a world where women were supposed to be quiet. But Malala Yousafzai refused to be silent. Discover Malala’s story through this powerful narrative telling, and come to see how one brave … [more below]
- Series: Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books
- Author: Langston-George, Rebecca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1491460717
- Language: English
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I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
$12.99 Add to cartThe New York Times bestselling true story of an all-American girl, a boy from Zimbabwe, and the letter that changed both of their lives forever.
It started as an assignment. Caitlin had never even he- Author: Ganda, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 03, 2016
- ISBN10: 0316241334
- Language: English
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This Penis Business: A Memoir
$22.99 Add to cartCIRCUMCISION CUTS THROUGH US ALL. In her eye-opening memoir, Georganne Chapin exposes the business of medical circumcision. This unnecessary and most common pediatric surgery in the United States perm… [more below]
- Author: Chapin, Georganne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 338
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1950495450
- Language: English
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Birding to Change the World: A Memoir
$29.99 Add to cartIn this uplifting memoir, a professor and activist shares what birds can teach us about life, social change, and protecting the environment.
Trish O’Kane is an accidental ornithologist. In her nearly t
- Author: O’Kane, Trish
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 27, 2024
- ISBN10: 0063223147
- Language: English
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Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
$34.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER – Bono–artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2–has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remark… [more below]
- Author: Bono
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: November 01, 2022
- ISBN10: 0525521046
- Language: English
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John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community
$35.00 Add to cartThe first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis
“The perfect book, at the right time.”–Michael Henry Adams, The Guardian For six decades John Robert Lewis (1940-2020)- Series: Black Lives
- Author: Arsenault, Raymond
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 588
- Publish Date: January 16, 2024
- ISBN10: 0300253753
- Language: English
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Dirtbag: Essays
$28.00 Read moreThe victories and failures of millennial socialism, as told by the writer who lived it.
Amber A’Lee Frost came to New York City from her home state of Indiana as a working class activist (and member of- Author: Frost, Amber A’Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1250269628
- Language: English
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Young and Restless: The Girls Who Sparked America’s Revolutions
$29.00 Read moreNPR’s Books We Love 2023
Glamour’s “The 15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023, So Far” Vogue’s “Best Books of 2023 (So Far)” Town & Country’s “The Best Books of 2023″ A “heartening inspiration”(The New Yor- Author: Kahn, Mattie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 059329906X
- Language: English
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Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin
$19.99 Add to cartCelebrate James Baldwin’s one-hundredth birthday anniversary with the first-ever illustrated biography of this legendary writer, orator, activist, and intellectual.
Before he became a writer, James “Ji
- Author: Meadows, Michelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0063273470
- Language: English
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Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood
$17.99 Add to cartAs featured on Humans of New York
“Hartland’s joyful folk-art illustrations bop from the gray-toned jazzy vibrancy of a bustling city neighborhood to the colorful harvest of a lush urban farm.” —The- Series: Harlem Grown
- Author: Hillery, Tony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 18, 2020
- ISBN10: 1534402314
- Language: English
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Just Mercy (Movie Tie-In Edition, Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice
$12.99 Add to cartThe young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller Just Mercy–now a major motion picture starring Michael B. Jordan, Jaime Foxx, and Brie Larson and the subject of an HBO docum
- Author: Stevenson, Bryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 03, 2019
- ISBN10: 0593177045
- Language: English
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Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice
$12.99 Add to cartBryan Stevenson’s incredible fight to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial inequality comes to life in this young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller th
- Author: Stevenson, Bryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 10, 2019
- ISBN10: 0525580069
- Language: English
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On the Tip of a Wave: How AI Weiwei’s Art Is Changing the Tide
$18.99 Add to cart2023 CA Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Award Silver Medal
2024 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Recommended Title
Starred Review from Kirkus Reviews
Starred Review from Publishers Weekly
Starred Review from Sc
- Author: Ho, Joanna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: October 31, 2023
- ISBN10: 1338715941
- Language: English
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My Little Golden Book about Martin Luther King Jr.
$5.99 Add to cartLearn all about Martin Luther King Jr. Day with this Little Golden Book biography all about the civil rights leader! The perfect introduction to nonfiction for preschoolers.
This Little Golden Book c- Series: Little Golden Book
- Author: Bader, Bonnie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: December 24 2018
- ISBN10: 0525578706
- Language: English
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Justice Is Coming: How Progressives Are Going to Take Over the Country and America Is Going to Love It
$30.00 Read moreA manifesto that outlines the progressive vision, recent history and worldview—by the founder of The Young Turks and co-founder of Justice Democrats.
The media can’t stop talking about the gridlock in- Author: Uygur, Cenk
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1250272793
- Language: English
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Lift as You Climb: The Story of Ella Baker
$18.99 Add to cartLearn about the civil rights activist Ella Baker in this inspiring picture book from Sibert Honor winner Patricia Hruby Powell and Caldecott Honor winner R. Gregory Christie.
“What do you hope to acco- Author: Powell, Patricia Hruby
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: June 09, 2020
- ISBN10: 1534406239
- Language: English
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Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
$6.99 Add to cartThe story of one of the most influential civil rights activist of our time.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was only 25 when he helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott and was soon organizing black pe- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Bader, Bonnie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0448447231
- Language: English
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Fighting for Yes!: The Story of Disability Rights Activist Judith Heumann
$19.99 Add to cartFighting for Yes is a picture book biography celebrating the life and work of disability rights activist and icon Judith Heumann, highlighting one of her landmark achievements–leading the historic 50… [more below]
- Author: Cocca-Leffler, Maryann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1419755609
- Language: English
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We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir
$22.99 Add to cartFinalist for the National Book Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize
A subtle psychological portrait of the author’s relationship with his father during the twentieth-cen
An NPR Best Book of the Year- Author: Shehadeh, Raja
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1635423643
- Language: English
