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Based on the research that race, gender, consent, and body positivity should be discussed with toddlers on up, this read-aloud board book series offers adults the opportunity to begin important conversations with young children in an informed, safe, and supported way.

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Main Authors: Madison, Megan (Author), Ralli, Jessica (Author)
Other Authors: Roxas, Isabel (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Rise X Penguin Workshop, 2021.
Series:Madison, Megan. First conversations.
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Identity (Psychology) > Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices > Juvenile fiction.
Race relations > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:Based on the research that race, gender, consent, and body positivity should be discussed with toddlers on up, this read-aloud board book series offers adults the opportunity to begin important conversations with young children in an informed, safe, and supported way.
Item Description:"A First Conversation about race"--cover.
On board pages.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 19 cm
ISBN:9780593382639
0593382633
Author Notes:Dr. Megan Pamela Ruth Madison is a political educator and a lifelong student of radical Black feminism. She earned her PhD in Social Policy from Brandeis University. As a scholar-activist, her approach to research and practice is guided by the Sociopolitical Ecology of Development, a theoretical framework that she developed as a part of her dissertation. Megan has served on the boards of the National Association for the Education for Young Children and Jews for Racial and Economic Justice. With Jessica Ralli, she co-authors First Conversations-an award-winning series of anti-bias books for young children and their grown-ups.

Jessica Ralli is the Early Literacy Programs Coordinator at Brooklyn Public Library where she develops & manages grant-funded programming including Books Unbanned Storytimes. She has an M.A. in Early Childhood Special Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and has taught in museums, schools, and libraries. Jessica is a contributor to School Library Journal, and in 2020, she received the Library Journal Movers and Shakers Award for her advocacy work in libraries. Jessica is currently co-authoring the award-winning First Conversations series with Megan Madison, published by RISE X Penguin Workshop.

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