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Race Cars

£6.99

Race Cars is a picture book that serves as a springboard for parents and educators to discuss race, privilege and oppression with their kids. 

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SKU: 9780711265837 Category: Children Non-Fiction Tags: Children's / Teenage general interest: Transport & vehicles, Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Racism & multiculturalism, Picture storybooks
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Description

Race Cars is a children’s book about white privilege created to help parents and educators facilitate tough conversations about race, privilege and oppression.

Written by a clinical social worker and child therapist with experience in anti-bias training and edited by a diversity expert, Race Cars tells the story of 2 best friends, a white car and a black car, that have different experiences and face different rules while entering the same race.

Filled with bright, attention-grabbing illustrations, a notes and activities section at the back helps parents, guardians and teachers further discuss these issues with children.

Why is this book important? As early as 6 months old, a baby’s brain can notice race-based differences; children ages 2 to 4 can internalise racial bias and start assigning meaning to race; and 5- to 8-year-olds begin to place value judgments on similarities and differences. By age 12, children have a complete set of stereotypes about every racial, ethnic and religious group in society. Our guidance is especially crucial during this impressionable time.

Race Cars offers a simple, yet powerful, way to introduce these complicated themes to our children and is a valuable addition to classroom and home libraries.
“? a great tool for helping young people understand structural racial inequality-and the importance of challenging it!” – Margaret A. Hagerman, Associate Professor of Sociology, Author of White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America

“? can jumpstart important conversations with children about racism, white privilege, and how to fight racial injustice in their own lives.” – Marianne Celano, New York Times bestselling co-author of Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice

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Weight 0.21 kg
Dimensions 27.9 × 21.6 × 0.7 cm
Author

Devenny, Jenny

Publisher

Frances Lincoln Children's Boo

Imprint

Frances Lincoln Children's Books

Cover

Paperback

Pages

39

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

816.3 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J

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