The Lying Liar Called Racism: A Love Letter
Brand: Real Life Bricks
Categories: Books, Children's Books, Growing Up & Facts of Life



Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.08 x 8.5 inches
Reading age: 2 - 5 years
ISBN-13: 978-0578746180
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0578746182
Print length: 32 pages
Publication date: September 29, 2020
subtitle: Paperback – September 29, 2020
author: Visit Amazon's Giselle Fuerte Page search results Giselle Fuerte Lesta Ginting
review: Editorial Reviews Review Parents have many opportunities to reinforce the importance of a child perceiving themselves as strong and powerful throughout the book. The author has skillfully crafted a teaching text that is relatable, providing a way to introduce this concept to young ones. Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐ -- Deborah Lloyd, Readers' Favorite From the Author This picture book is written as an introduction to the concept of racism. I intentionally avoided delving into specific examples of overt racism, institutional racism, and inequality to allow caregivers to introduce these heavier concepts to their child in the right time for their family, taking their child's sensitivities and phase of development into account. As you read this book with your child, please insert your values, interpretations, and experiences to help your child connect with the book in a more personal way. From the Back Cover I must reluctantly introduce you to an ugly lie some people tell to try to make you believe a mountain is actually amolehill...or a pile of spaghetti. This is the villain of our tale, The Lying Liar Called Racism , and it'll try to make you feel small, powerless, and bad about yourself. Never fear, though, because you can spot this villain and stay strong against it by remembering that you are not and never will be a pile offloppy, sloppy spaghetti. You're a mighty mountain. Never forget it. The Lying Liar Called Racism gently introduces the concept of racism to young children in a way that helps them immediately understand thatracism is a form of gaslighting designed to make them question theirinherent value. It is a love letter to children to help them never internalize racist messages, to know that racism is notbecause of the color of their skin (skin color is not the problem--thevillain's beliefs are the problem), and to reduce the lifelong harmracism can cause a child. About the Author Giselle Fuerte is an AfroLatinx immigrant from Panama who lives in the United States with her husband and young children. She holds a graduate degree in education from the University of Southern California and, along with her husband and eldest child, operates Real Life Bricks, a customizer of LEGO® minifigures to make them reflect the diversity of the real world. Read more