My Protest

Name: My Protest
Price: $14.99 USD
Author: Linda Gaston-Bessellieu With Tawana Bessellieu, With Jaliyah Bessellieu-Webb, Illustrated by Juanita Taylor
ISBN: 9781664128200

by Linda Gaston-Bessellieu With Tawana Bessellieu, With Jaliyah Bessellieu-Webb, Illustrated by Juanita Taylor

Formats

Softcover

$14.99

E-Book

$3.99

Softcover

$14.99

Book Details

Language : English

Publication Date : 9/3/2020

Format : Softcover

Dimensions : 8.5x11

Page Count : 26

ISBN : 9781664128200

Format : E-Book

Dimensions : N/A

Page Count : 26

ISBN : 9781664128194

About the Book

Go on a journey with Jaliyah as she explains what her experience was like during a recent peaceful protest and how she perceives the effects of Coronavirus.

About the Author

Linda Gaston-Bessellieu is a retired teacher. Collectively, she spent thirty years in the New York City & State school systems. During her career, she worked as a disciplinary “Dean of Students” and a Health Education teacher. Co-Authors: Tawana Bessellieu is the mother of Jaliyah. Tawana is a preschool teacher. Jaliyah is four years old. Tawana and Jaliyah recently attended a peaceful protest. Tawana and Linda, (Jaliyah’s grandmother), thought it would be interesting to share how a preschool age child views the effects of Coronavirus, the “Black Life Matter” protest and what they endured that day.

Customer Reviews

A True Story & an Exciting Read!

Imagine the curiosity, fascination, and life lessons a young child would experience as a participant in a powerful protest! Teamwork, participation in government, current events, following directions, writing, art, civil rights, and the list continues! As a public school educator for over 35 years, the learning potential connected with the book is enormous!

I highly recommend this true story to be shared with family, friends, and anyone who knows someone with a young child.

I look forward to a book series to follow!

ribb
Beautifully written book. Accurately depicts the experience of this four year old. I will be purchasing another book for my 3year old niece who participated in the protest in NYC.

TT Davidson
This is a wonderful book, told thru the eyes of a beautiful mind. When children that young experience a situation of hate, it shows we need a change in the world. Great job young lady. God Bless you.

Caridad Garcia
As a teacher this book is awesome to share with my students! I especially love the fact that it’s seen from a child’s perspective! Go out and get your copy.

Shari Dawkins
I highly recommend this book for children. I bought the book for my 4 year old granddaughter. I found it excellent for her age.

T.J. Bellinger
This short, but important story tells us the story of a Black Lives Matter protest and the realities of protesting and being safe with risks of coronavirus. The story is told through the eyes and words of a young child. A must for families with young children.. they need to understand the crises facing us in their own language.

Dr CAB
My grandchildren and I enjoyed this book.

Betty
Absolutely enjoyed the book. Its a very necessary and important experience coming from our future.

Toya McJunkin
Highly recommended. I read this story to my class during the height of the BLM move. They really enjoyed it.

Pam Williams
What I liked most about this book is that it truly speaks from a young child's perspective of current events as they unfold and become part of history.

Cynthia Smith
I highly recommend this book, an excellent read for children, written from a young child perspective. This is a must read for all children of all ethnicities.

Peter E Johnson
Absolutely loved the book!! Read it to my 4 and 5 year old class and they were completely engulfed in it. They enjoyed listening to it as well as looking at all the adorable well illustrated pictures. Wonderful book!!

CakeMistress
I really loved the simplicity of the spoken words of Jaliyah as she experiences her first peaceful protest! A great way to have children read and understand the difficult times that we have been in lately! I do hope that it can be read by teachers in the nursery and primary grades!!

dfrisher
I enjoyed the concept and realization that young children, when involved, understand what is happening in this world today!. At 4 1/2 years old, it was remarkable to experience, comprehend and recall the incident and process.
This book must be purchased and read to young children. As an educator, I found this book nurturing and truthful. My grandchild, 3 years old, loved the pictures and the storyline. When I completed reading the story, the question session began.MY

Elaine Brittenum
I absolutely loved this book. I loved the way it depicted the protest and the effect of the pandemic through the eyes of 4 year old Jaliyah. I read the book to my 2 year old grandson and he enjoyed it. I know he did not really understand the true meaning of the protest or the pandemic, but I can not wait until he gets a little older so I can read it to him again, so he never forgets the things we went through in 2020. The illustrations were beautiful and I loved the picture of Jaliyah and her mom at the end of the book. It just brought the authenticity of the story to life. Jaliyah, thank you for sharing your experience with the world.

Chalise Williams

Add Review

Name

Email

Ratings

Please Enter Rating

Comments

Please Verify