REVIEWED BY CHLOE, YEAR 6, WA (IONA PRESENTATION COLLEGE
When We Say Black Lives Matter by Maxine Beneba Clarke, Hachette Australia, ISBN 9780734420428
Alphabet Soup provided a review copy of this book.
I enjoyed this colourful book. The topic is important and current as it talks about how black lives matter.
This story is told by a black child’s parents and reminds us all how important it is to consider everyone the same way and how sad and painful it can be for people when they are not treated as everyone else is.
The colours and pictures in the book draw the reader’s attention, as they tell a story and show life in every illustration. Each page of this book has one word in a different colour and it underlines important values such as respect, knowledge, joy.
This book will surely spark a lot of conversations in every family. I rate this book 5 stars as it approaches the ‘black lives matter’ topic gently and positively.
Preview some pages from When We Say Black Lives Matter at the publisher’s website.
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