NEW MATERIAL:

• The new paperback edition will feature classroom discussion questions at the back of the book.

TIMELY BOOK ABOUT COMMUNITY ACTIVISM:

• This book about community activism, literacy and elections will be a timely release with the US midterm elections coming up in fall 2018. It demonstrates how even though children cannot vote they still have agency and the power to make a real difference in their community.

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BESTSELLER:

• The hardcover edition of this short, accessible middle-grade book (first published in September 2016) was reprinted four times (and sold through over 8,000 units), won the International Literacy Association Social Justice Literature Award, and was named to NPR’s Guide to 2016’s Great Reads and USBBY’s Outstanding International Books List.

UMA KRISHNASWAMI:

• Uma is highly respected and well connected in the children’s book community, especially in the US, where she lived and worked for many years (Maryland and New Mexico). She is a major voice in the sharing of international and multicultural viewpoints in children’s literature.

CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS:

• Include civics, language arts / independent reading. Common Core: RL.3.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10; RF.3.3,3b,3c,3d,4,4a,4c; W.3.1,2,3,4,7,8,10; L.3.3,3a,4,4a,4c,5,5a,5b,5c,6; SL.3.1,1c,1d,2,3,4,6.

UMA KRISHNASWAMI was born in India and now lives in Victoria, British Columbia. Her other publications include Two at the Top, illustrated by Christopher Corr; Book Uncle and Me, illustrated by Julianna Swaney, winner of the ILA Social Justice Literature Award; and The Girl of the Wish Garden, illustrated by Nasrin Khosravi. She has been nominated twice for the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Uma is faculty emerita, Writing for Children and Young Adults, Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Julianna Swaney is an artist, designer and printmaker specializing in watercolors. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Yasmin’s campaign should help inspire young readers to believe in their own potential to make a difference and teach the valuable lesson that sometimes it takes several small actions to make big moves. - Kirkus, starred review

This sweet slice-of-life tale … demonstrates that children can be empowered to effect change in their own neighborhoods. This is also a perfect title to shine a light on elections taking place elsewhere. - School Library Journal

[Readers] will surely be charmed by Yasmin’s upbeat personality and determination. - Horn Book