National Public Radio is living up to its brand as a taxpayer-funded sandbox for leftists with a new online feature on the NPR Ed blog headlined “Summer Reading For Your Woke Kid.”
NPR's Kayla Lattimore began by celebrating Indonesian children’s author Innosanto Nagara, who wanted a "woke" two-year-old and NPR can hook you up with "social change" radicals:
Social activist Innosanto Nagara wanted to find a fun book to read to his 2-year-old son that also talked about the importance of social justice.
He wasn't looking for the typical fiction written for children, instead, he was looking for unique narratives — by writers of color and/or authors who can speak about social issues through their own experiences.
Nagara couldn't find any. So he wrote one.
"Parents and teachers are realizing that what students read and learn affects how they see the world." said Deborah Menkart, Executive Director for Teaching for Change, an organization that puts together social justice reading lists to inspire children throughout the summer.
This leftist group raised money after the election by ranting against attacks by Rush Limbaugh and Breitbart under the question "Is It Safe to Teach the Truth?" The truth, of course, is a radical-left narrative pushed by "social justice" teachers. "The right-wing knows that teachers play a critical role in countering the miseducation of the American people. Post-election, we are supporting teachers as they respond to threats against them for teaching people’s history."
Here are some remarkable choices from the NPR "woke" list for kids:
A Is For Activist
by Innosanto Nagara
Every letter is the definition of a different social movement. For F — kids learn about Feminism, when we get to G - kids learn about the meaning of grassroots organizing and why its important.
This beautifully illustrated ABC book uses rhyming and alliteration to get your little reader excited about social change. If your child loves this work they may enjoy the author's new work My Night at the Planetarium, which illustrates the important role the arts play in resistance.
The Amazon.com page carries this blurb: “Reading it is almost like reading Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, but for two-year olds—full of pictures and rhymes and a little cat to find on every page that will delight the curious toddler and parents alike.” —Occupy Wall Street
There’s also this one for the radical red-diaper babies:
Rad Women Worldwide
by Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein StahlThis book takes your child through a list of revolutionary women who changed history through activism and radical thought. Young readers meet influential leaders from the painter Frida Kahlo to anarchist political activist Emma Goldman.
A middle-school book must preach against Islamophobia:
Amina's Voice
by Hena KhanThis coming of age story follows a young Muslim girl named Amina as she deals with the ups and downs of growing up, friends moving away, and preparing to read from the Quran in public for the first time. While dealing with the pains of adolescence, Amina must also process the vandalism of her local mosque and the Islamophobia that follows.
And there has to be room for “gender expression.”
One of a Kind, Like Me / Único Como Yo
by Laurin Mayeno, Robert Liu-trujillo and Teresa MlawerA heartwarming story of a young boy, Danny, who fights gender stereotypes by dressing up as a princess for the school parade. The author, Laurin Mayeno, was inspired to write this from her own experience with her son Danny. "Sometimes as parents we must unlearn things we learned growing up," says Mayeno. The book is bilingual, in English and Spanish, and discusses gender expression from a child's point of view.
There are already emerging titles for next year's list, like Feminist Baby by Loren Krantz, with unforgettable rhymes like "Feminist Baby likes pink and blue /Sometimes she'll throw up on you! Feminist Baby chooses what to wear / and if you don't like it she doesn't care!"
It's so great that feminists might have a baby instead of an abortion! Check the blurbs:
"FINALLY! Feminism for the board-book set! Feminist Baby is cute, funny, right-on, and kind of almost makes me want to have another baby just so she can grow up reading it. That's not gonna happen, though, so I'll settle for getting for every mama-to-be and new baby I know." -- Kate Schatz, author of the New York Times bestsellers Rad American Women A-Z and Rad Women Worldwide
"Feminist Baby makes me want to get pregnant again immediately just so I have one more kid to share this wonderful book with. No child's bookshelf is complete without it." -- Jessica Valenti, Guardian columnist & New York Times best-selling feminist author
