No Voice Too Small
Fourteen Young Americans Making History

By: Lindsay H. Metcalf, Keila V. Dawson, and Jeanette Bradley/ Illustrated by:Jeanette Bradley

“You’re never too young or too small to change the world.” Mari Copeny

This all-star anthology covers fourteen youth activists calling for change and fighting for justice across the United States. These change-makers represent a wide range of life experiences and causes, including racial justice, clean water, LGBTQ+ rights, mental health, and more, Beautifully illustrated poems by #ownvoices authors, plus secondary text, spotlight the efforts and achievements of such luminaries as Marley Dias, Jazz Jennings, and Mari Copeny, “Make Some Noise” tips will inspire readers to take concrete action for change, Back matter includes more information on the poetic forms used in the book

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Author & Illustrator

Lindsay H. Metcalf,editor

Lindsay H. Metcalfis the author of Farmers Unite! Planting a Protest for Fair Prices. She has also been a reporter, editor, and columnist for the Kansas City Star and other news outlets.

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Keila V. Dawson,editor

Keila V. Dawsonhas been a community organizer and an early childhood special education teacher. She is the author of The King Cake Baby.

Read more about Keila.

Jeanette Bradley,editor and illustrator

Jeanette Bradleyhas been an urban planner, an apprentice pastry chef, and the artist-in-residence for a traveling art museum on a train. She is the author and illustrator of Love, Mama.

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Awards & Honors

• Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best Books of 2020

Editorial Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

Tributes in prose and poetry to children and teens of today who have spoken out to support a cause or protest injustice. Budding activists in search of child role models beyond the high-profile likes of Malala Yousafzai and Greta Thunberg may well draw inspiration from this less-intimidatingbut no less brave and worthylineup. For each, a poem by one of 14 poets and a laudatory paragraph flank an engaging, soft-focus portrait by Bradley that digitally emulates chalk and pastels on a textured brown background. Each activist, write the editors, inspired a poet who relates to an aspect of the activists identity. New Yorker Charles Waters, for instance, gives a shoutout to 6-year-old Samirah DJ Annie Red Horton, proudly / representing the Peoples Republic of Brooklyn with her anti-bullying rap; Zach Wahls, founder of Scouts for Equality, poses with his two moms next to a triolet from Lesla Newman. Other contributors, including Carole Boston Weatherford, Janet Wong, and Joseph Bruchac, honor young people making good trouble in areas of contention as varied as climate change, gender identity, immigration law, safe drinking water, and gun violence. The contributors are as diverse of identity as their young subjects, and as a sidelight the poems are cast in a variety of identified forms from free verse to reverso, cinquain, and tanka. Never too soon to start stirring things up: We may be small / but / we / can / ROAR!

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Download the CoverDownload the Activity GuideDownload the Joint Activity Guide with No World Too Big

Details

Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-62354-131-6

E-book
ISBN: 978-1-63289-899-9 EPUB

Ages:5-9
Page count:40
10 x 10

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