  | Full Text Reviews: Booklist - 06/01/2020 This alphabet book on civic engagement could have a double effect. The first is to give kids an idea of why it’s so important to vote and get involved. The second is to galvanize adults, who may read this book to kids, to vote this year. Though it’s meant for the earliest readers, heavy concepts may make this title more fitting for older kids. A, for example, stands for “active participation.” C stands for “citizens’ rights and duties.” The emphasis throughout is on honoring our history (there’s a great page for “govern,” with cameos of famous leaders like Harriet Tubman, Sitting Bull, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Frederick Douglass) and showing how hard-won our voting rights are (S is for “suffrage”). The bright, one-dimensional illustrations—from the first scene of people in line at a polling place to those of people and kids marching and protesting—are filled with a diverse range of faces, and a “voting rights time line” is included at book’s end. A great lever for voters, present and future. - Copyright 2020 Booklist. Loading...
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