Alphabet book read with Henry. I adore the simple, yet colorful and diverse illustrations of people in the book. My only issue was that the illustrator added a snake, a large mouse, a giraffe, a monkey, a panda and a large cat with a marching drum to the pages with people at marches and protests. This book chooses Shirley Chisholm's "unbought and unbossed" for the letter U. The letter T is for talented teachers telling kids about protests, the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Sojourner Truth, MLK, Angela Davis and the 15th amendment. There were a number of activists that I need to learn more about pictured on the N is for "never forgetting what was page." So the silly animals in the protest marches really don't make sense. That's the only thing that makes this a 4.5 star book rather than 5.

An alphabet-style introduction to voting and suffrage, this would be a great read aloud coupled with activities about civic engagement, suffrage, or the vote.