In this post, we feature author Laleña Garcia. You can hear her speak about her new title, What We Believe: A Black Lives Matter Principles Activity Book, and try her “invitation to imagine” activity. You’ll also find other resources to explore. Thanks for joining us, and let us know what you think in the comments below!
What We Believe: A Black Lives Matter Principles Activity Book
- Written by Laleña Garcia and illustrated by Caryn Davidson
- Published by Lee & Low Books
- Release date: October 27, 2020
The Black Lives Matter movement’s three founders—Alicia Garza, Patrisse Khan-Cullors, and Opal Tometi—anchored their work in guiding principles, developed with other activists. These principles commit the movement to empathy, loving engagement, and just action among its participants; affirm the importance of Black women, families, elders, and LGBTQ folk; and celebrate the strength and diversity of Black people in their communities and around the globe. In this new resource, two teachers present these guiding principles in down-to-earth, child-friendly language. Each principle is accompanied by writing prompts and space for children or adults to create their own reflections. With materials that support adults in sharing the principles with children, What We Believe offers essential guidance for discussing racial equity with young people.
Explore What We Believe: A Black Lives Matter Principles Activity Book
Listen to Laleña Garcia talking with TeachingBooks about creating What We Believe: A Black Lives Matter Principles Activity Book. You can click the player below or experience the recording on TeachingBooks, where you can read along as you listen, and also translate the text to another language.
- Listen to author Laleña Garcia talk about her name.
- Explore TeachingBooks’ collection of activities and resources for What We Believe: A Black Lives Matter Principles Activity Book.
Invitation to Imagine
Imagination Activity with Laleña Garcia
TeachingBooks asks each author or illustrator on our Virtual Book Tour to share a writing prompt, a drawing exercise, or just an interesting question to spark curiosity and creativity. Enjoy the following activity contributed by Laleña Garcia.
From What We Believe: A Black Lives Matter Principles Activity Book, written by Laleña Garcia and illustrated by Caryn Davidson:
Collective Value means that everybody is important and has the right to be safe and happy, no matter what religion they are, how much money they have, where they come from, their abilities or disabilities, or who they love. There are so many different people in the world, but we love them all and fight for justice for them all.
What are some things you can do in your everyday life to make sure that everyone around you feels loved, appreciated, and safe? What do you need from your community to feel loved, appreciated, and safe?
Finish This Sentence . . . with Laleña Garcia
As part of our Virtual Book Tour, TeachingBooks asks authors and illustrators to complete short sentence prompts. Enjoy Laleña Garcia’s response.
“You may not know that I can . . .”
“You may not know that I can surf! It’s one of my favorite things to do, and I love being in the ocean.”
Thank you!
To wrap up this Virtual Book Tour, we thank Laleña Garcia for signing a book for all of us.
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