Book

Browne, Mahogany L., author.

Woke : a young poet's call to justice / Mahogany L. Browne, with Elizabeth Acevedo and Olivia Gatwood ; foreword by Jason Reynolds ; illustrated by Theodore Taylor III.

First edition.

New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2020

©2020

55 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.

"Historically poets have been on the forefront of social movements. Woke is a collection of poems by women that reflects the joy and passion in the fight for social justice, tackling topics from discrimination to empathy, and acceptance to speaking out. With Theodore Taylor's bright, emotional art, and writing from Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo and Olivia Gatwood, kids will be inspired to create their own art and poems to express how they see justice and injustice."--Amazon.

Foreword -- Introduction -- Activism, everywhere -- The ability to be -- In the next -- The good body -- Instructions on listening to the trees -- I've been there before -- What's in a name? -- Gift of Grace -- Say the names -- In between, there is light -- Unfurling people -- What is an intersection? -- Teeth dance with silver -- Orchard of we -- Blown-out stars whisper about justice -- Amari explains a frown to her little brother -- What's in my toolbox -- Right to -- Rock the boat -- We make a fist -- The poet's pen -- A me-shaped box -- We carry our roots -- Woke -- About the authors.

Social justice -- Poetry.

Illustrated children's books -- Poetry.

Poetry.

Acevedo, Elizabeth, author.

Gatwood, Olivia, author.

Reynolds, Jason, writer of foreword.

Taylor, Theodore, III, illustrator.

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