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  • Published: 30 September 2022
  • ISBN: 9780593110515
  • Imprint: Kokila
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $40.00

Goodnight Racism




National Book Award–winning and New York Times bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi (How to Be an Antiracist, Antiracist Baby) returns with a new picture book that serves as a modern bedtime classic.

National Book Award–winning and New York Times bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi (How to Be an Antiracist, Antiracist Baby) returns with a new picture book that serves as a modern bedtime classic.

As children all over the world get ready for bed, the moon watches over them. The moon knows that when we sleep, we dream. And when we dream, we imagine what is possible and what the world can be.
 
With dynamic, imaginative art and poetic prose, Goodnight Racism delivers important messages about antiracism, justice, and equality in an easy-to-read format that empowers readers both big and small. Goodnight Racism gives children the language to dream of a better world and is the perfect book to add to their social justice toolkit.

  • Published: 30 September 2022
  • ISBN: 9780593110515
  • Imprint: Kokila
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $40.00

About the author

Ibram X. Kendi

Ibram X. Kendi is one of the world's foremost historians and leading antiracist scholars. He is Professor of History and the founding director of the Institute for Advanced Studies at Howard University; previously he was a professor at Boston University, where he founded the BU Centre for Antiracist research.

He is the author of many books, 11 of which have been New York Times bestseller and 3 of those No. 1 bestsellers – including Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas, which also won the National Book Award for Nonfiction, and How To Be An Antiracist, which was also a Sunday Times bestseller. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Genius Grant, and in 2020 Time named Kendi one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

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Praise for Goodnight Racism

EARLY PRAISE FOR GOODNIGHT RACISM by Ibram X. Kendi and Cbabi Bayoc
An Amazon Best of the Month for June 2022!


“An inspiring read to help realize dreams for a better future for all.” —Kirkus Reviews
 
PRAISE FOR ANTIRACIST BABY
#1 New York Times bestseller
Amazon Editors’ Pick
 
“Smart, wise, and hopeful, a reminder that children are born without racism, and it’s up to us to keep it that way.” — Seira Wilson, Amazon Editor
 
“[Kendi’s] succinct, impactful prose makes for an accessible guide to anti-racism for everyone.” — School Library Journal (starred review)

“Boldly outlined, inclusive illustrations by Lukashevsky complement the text by showing a world populated by people of various skin tones, sizes, identities and orientations, religions, and abilities….[A] mindful companion for families striving together toward a more equitable future.” — Publisher's Weekly

“Antiracism’s starting point.” — Kirkus Reviews