M Is For Movement

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

Here is the story of the social movement that bestselling children's book author and illustrator Innosanto Nagara witnessed as a child growing up in Jakarta and how it overturned the government of Indonesia. People, everyday people, were not happy with their government. At first the protests were at the 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 is a witness and a participant, fearful sometimes, brave sometimes too, and by the time change comes, this child who is now an adult, is as surprised as anyone.
This is Nagara's biggest, most lavishly illustrated, and yet most personal book to date and signals both a return to the book that started a movement in social justice book publishing for children, A is for Activist, and the natural next step in the suite of books he has written and illustrated since then, Counting on Community, My Night in the Planetarium, and The Wedding Portrait.
Innosanto Nagara's books stand in solidarity with people off all ages, races, gender identification and backgrounds. They suggest that your family isn't only yourself and your parents but also the community in which you live, the histories of those around you, and the natural environment on which we depend for our food and water and air. The ideas in his books may sometimes sound controversial, but they speak to us in a language that is pure common sense and in tune with our natural wishes and inclinations as human beings.