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M is for Movement
  • Published: 5 November 2019
  • ISBN: 9781609809355
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $45.00

M is for Movement

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5 Nov 2019
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A lavishly illustrated memoir of activism and revolution for kids who loved the author's bestselling A is for Activist

From the author of A is for Activist, M is for Movement is the story of a child born at the dawn of a social movement.

At first the protests were in small villages and at universities. But then they spread. People drew sustenance from other social movements in other countries. And then the unthinkable happened.
The protagonist in this fictionalized children's memoir by Innosanto Nagara is a witness and a participant, fearful sometimes, brave sometimes too, and when things change, this child who is now an adult is as surprised as anyone.
  • Published: 5 November 2019
  • ISBN: 9781609809355
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $45.00
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About the author

Innosanto Nagara

INNOSANTO NAGARA was born and raised in Indonesia, and moved to the United States in 1988. After studying zoology and philosophy at UC Davis, he relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he worked as a graphic designer for a range of social change organizations, eventually founding Design Action Collective, a worker-owned cooperative design studio in Oakland, California. He lives in a co-housing community and teaches martial arts at a collectively run dojo. The author and illustrator of six books for children, Nagara’s first book, A is for Activist, is credited with starting the movement in social justice book publishing for children. His other books are Counting on Community, My Night in the Planetarium, The Wedding Portrait, M is for Movement, Oh, the Things We're For! and, with Mona Damluji, Together.
portrait photo of Innosanto Nagara

Also by Innosanto Nagara

Counting On Community
Together
Oh, The Things We're For!
The Wedding Portrait
My Night in the Planetarium
A de activista
A is for Activist
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Praise for M is for Movement

"This is the book we all need in these times of division, confusion, violence. ...The text sparkles with insights and details that engage the reader in an important narrative of hope and solidarity. The illustrations are as mesmerizing and powerful as the text. ... Read this book. Join the movement. See you on the streets! --Julia Alvarez, Author of In the Time of the Butterflies and A Wedding in Haiti. She is one of the founders of Border of Lights, a movement dedicated to promoting peace and solidarity between Haiti and her native Dominican Republic, as well as other troubled borders and communities.

"This imaginative and highly appealing children's story, enlivened with brilliant artwork, focuses mainly on the shattering yet inspiring history of modern Indonesia, but has much broader resonance and outreach. Its lucid and powerful message is that ordinary people, with courage and dedication, can help create popular movements that change the world, even under the most onerous conditions. Lessons that could not be more pertinent for all of us today." --Noam Chomsky

"Innosanto Nagara has done it again--and how lucky we all are for that! M is for Movement is another bold, bright, powerful book that uses a relatable personal narrative to relay a complex political history--and a necessary lesson in how ordinary people can create extraordinary change. It's a riveting, empowering, and visually stunning adventure." --Kate Schatz, New York Times-bestselling author of Rad American Women A-Z, Rad Women Worldwide, and Rad Girls Can

"This is the book we all need in these times of division, confusion, violence. ...The text sparkles with insights and details that engage the reader in an important narrative of hope and solidarity. The illustrations are as mesmerizing and powerful as the text. ... Read this book. Join the movement. See you on the streets! --Julia Alvarez, Author of In the Time of the Butterflies and A Wedding in Haiti. She is one of the founders of Border of Lights, a movement dedicated to promoting peace and solidarity between Haiti and her native Dominican Republic, as well as other troubled borders and communities.

"This imaginative and highly appealing children's story, enlivened with brilliant artwork, focuses mainly on the shattering yet inspiring history of modern Indonesia, but has much broader resonance and outreach. Its lucid and powerful message is that ordinary people, with courage and dedication, can help create popular movements that change the world, even under the most onerous conditions. Lessons that could not be more pertinent for all of us today." --Noam Chomsky

"Innosanto Nagara has done it again--and how lucky we all are for that! M is for Movement is another bold, bright, powerful book that uses a relatable personal narrative to relay a complex political history--and a necessary lesson in how ordinary people can create extraordinary change. It's a riveting, empowering, and visually stunning adventure." --Kate Schatz, New York Times-bestselling author of Rad American Women A-Z, Rad Women Worldwide, and Rad Girls Can