The Wedding Portrait by Innosanto Nagara

The Wedding Portrait by Innosanto Nagara

The Wedding Portrait is an essential book for kids about standing up for what's right. Here are stories of direct action from around the world that are bookended by the author's wedding story. He and his bride led their wedding party to a protest, and were captured in a photo by the local newspaper kissing in front of a line of police just before being arrested. "We usually follow the rules. But sometimes, if you see something is wrong--more wrong than breaking the rules and by breaking the rules you might stop it--you may need to break the rules." When indigenous people in Colombia block an oil company from destroying their environment--this is a blockade; when Florida farmworkers encourage people not to buy their tomatos because the farm owners won't pay them for their hard work--this is called a boycott; and when Claudette Colvin takes a seat in the front of the bus to protest racism--this is called civil disobedience. In brilliantly bright and inspiring illustrations we see ordinary people say No--to unfair treatment, to war, to destroying the environment. Innosanto Nagara has beautifully melded an act of love with crucial ideas of civil disobedience and direct action that will speak to young readers' sense of right and wrong. There has never been a more important moment for Innosanto Nagara's gentle message of firm resolve.

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.

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ISBN 13	9781609808020
ISBN 10	1609808029
Title	The Wedding Portrait
Author	Innosanto Nagara
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Year published	2017-10-17
Number of pages	36
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.