Description The Awesome Kids Guide to Race is a comprehensive guide for parents, teachers, and curious kids of all ages! This beautifully illustrated picture book includes: profiles of inspiring activists; simple explanations of concepts like race, racism, white privilege, implicit bias, and antiracism; an overview of racial discrimination and activism in the United States, past and present; and a checklist of actions kids (and grownups) can take to change the world! Author: Shayla Reese Griffin, PhD, MSW, is co-founder of Justice Leaders Collaborative, which provides social justice training, coaching, and resources for individuals, schools, and organizations. She is author of The Awesome Kids Guide to Race (Justice Leaders Press, 2023); Those Kids, Our Schools: Race and Reform in An American High School (Harvard Education Press, 2015); and co-author of Race Dialogues: A Facilitator’s Guide to Tackling the Elephant in the Classroom (Teachers College Press, 2019). Shayla is currently working on multiple forthcoming children’s books focused on issues of social justice and how to be a whole, healthy human. She lives with her spouse and three children and gets her best ideas at 3 a.m. Price: $23 (includes shipping)
