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Woke Baby

by Mahogany L. Browne
Theodore Taylor, III
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For all the littlest progressives, waking up to seize a new day of justice and activism.
Woke babies are up early. Woke babies raise their fists in the air. Woke babies cry out for justice. Woke babies grow up to change the world.
This lyrical and empowering book is both a celebration of what it means to be a baby and what it means to be woke. With bright playful art, Woke Baby is an anthem of hope in a world where the only limit to a skyscrapper is more blue.

  • Creators

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    December 31, 2018

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781250240798
    Kindle restrictions

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 530
    • Text Difficulty: 1-3

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      December 1, 2018
      A bright, amusing glimpse at all the things woke babies do in this collaboration from Browne and Taylor.Folks well-versed in their internet memes will remember the little webcomic "Feminist Baby," by Loryn Brantz, companion to the 2017 board book of the same name. A couple checking to see if baby is asleep finds her both awake and "woke" as she proclaims from her crib that gender is a social construct. This picture book picks up the pun and runs with it. From raising little fists for justice through kicking glass ceilings to babbling songs of freedom, spread after spread shows a woke baby's activities, intertwining a baby of color's squirms, wiggles, and vocalizations with the symbols and gestures of resistance. Browne's laconic prose communicates much while saying relatively little, leaving room for the sweeping vibrancy of Taylor's open and up-close illustrations to direct Browne's poetic beat toward the thrum of the page turn. The playful irony casts a shadow of gravitas as the little sequence of baby's doings captures truths that even the youngest in families of color (and other marginalized households) must know, as well as provides conversation starters for those readers interested in nurturing a commitment to allyship. A board-book edition publishes simultaneously; Taylor's images shrink to the format well enough, but some pages feel crowded with text.Bubbling with an easy joy and nascent sense of justice--and the notion that the two can certainly go hand in hand. (Picture book. 1-4)

      COPYRIGHT(2018) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

    • The Horn Book

      January 1, 2019
      Upbeat second-person narration addresses an adorable African American baby in this sweet book sure to encourage the tiniest social reformers. Woke Baby's cries, crawls, and naps are encouraged and applauded in empowering words: "Here are your hands, reaching for what is yours." Woke Baby seems larger-than-life in the close-up illustrations--a nod to how even the smallest of us has the potential to make a big difference.

      (Copyright 2019 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
Kindle restrictions

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:530
  • Text Difficulty:1-3

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