The ideas in Inno’s 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.

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. Inno’s books stand in solidarity with people of all ages, races, gender identifications, and backgrounds.

A is for Activist covers all this ground with a playful rhyming style that makes you want to turn the pages and read the book over and over again.The illustrations are so. M is for Movement is the fifth title written and illustrated by Innosanto Nagara. Innosanto Nagara knows that activism begins in the cradle, but to be sustainable, it has to be wide-ranging, deep-rooted, and based ultimately on a sense of fun and community. After it came Counting on Community, then My Night in the Planetarium and The Wedding Portrait. Inno’s first book, A is for Activist, started a movement in social justice book publishing for children. Inno lives in Oakland in a cohousing community with nine adults and eight kids. After studying zoology and philosophy at UC Davis, Inno moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, working as a graphic designer for a range of social change organizations before founding the Design Action Collective, a worker-owned cooperative design studio. Born and raised in Indonesia, Inno moved to the US in 1988. Children’s book author and illustrator Innosanto Nagara’s books encourage children to grow up with confidence in themselves, and to be proactive citizens who are passionate about causes from environmental issues to LGBTQ rights and civil rights. A is for Activist is an ABC board book 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.

A is for activist by innosanto nagara