A Is for Activist

Black History Month

Staff recommendations, guest essays, and curated reading lists.

This bestselling ABC book is written and illustrated for the next generation of progressives: families who want their kids to grow up in a space that is unapologetic about activism, environmental justice, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, and everything else that activists believe in and fight for. A continuous bestseller for Triangle Square, we heard from booksellers around the country who clamored for a large format edition that would appeal to children over the age of 5. This engaging book carries huge messages as it inspires hope for the future, and calls children and parents to action.

"Full of wit, beauty, and fun, we can think of no better way to learn the alphabet." Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis

"...full of pictures and rhymes and a little cat to find on every page that will delight the curious toddler and parents alike." Occupy Wall Street

"Finally! A sassy and heartwarming board book to teach our children the alphabet of humane values. The illustrations are so colorful, beautifully executed, little works of art in and of themselves." Julia Alvarez, author of A Wedding in Haiti: the Story of a Friendship

Innosanto Nagara's new-wave board books encourage children to grow up with confidence in themselves, and to be proactive children who are passionate about causes from environmental issues to LGBTQ rights and civil rights. Nagara was born and raised in Indonesia, and moved to the US in 1988. After studying zoology and philosophy at UC David, he moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he worked as a graphic designer for a range of social change organizations, before founding the Design Action Collective, a worker-owned cooperative design studio in Oakland, California.