My Night in the Planetarium by Innosanto Nagara
From the author and illustrator of A is for Activist (Seven Stories, 2013) comes a high-adventure, true story from the author's childhood in Indonesia. On its surface, My Night in the Planetarium is a modern Indonesian children's story about one night in the late '70s that the author got to spend in the Jakarta planetarium with his mum. But it's actually much more than that. It's an introduction to the history and culture of Indonesia. It's about colonialism, revolution, how power corrupts and how through art and solidarity liberation can win.INNOSANTO NAGARA's new-wave board books inspire kids to be confident in themselves as they grow up, and to be active citizens who care about problems ranging from the environment to LGBTQ rights and civil rights. Nagara was born and reared in Indonesia before relocating to the United States in 1988. He went to the San Francisco Bay Area after studying zoology and philosophy at UC Davis and working as a graphic designer for a variety of social change organizations before forming the Design Action Collective, a worker-owned cooperative design firm in Oakland, California.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781609807009 |
| ISBN 10 | 1609807006 |
| Title | My Night in the Planetarium |
| Author | Innosanto Nagara |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Year published | 2016-11-10 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |