We Are a Class

by Rob Sanders, Hannah Abbo (Illustrator)

Overview

A celebratory declaration of what it means to be part of a diverse class of students.

We're movers and shakers. Mammoth change makers. Friends. Learners. Achievement earners.

An icebreaker and friend-maker, We Are a Class is an inclusive, aspirational story to be read aloud responsively, collectively, or as spoken-word performance. In rhyming verse, We Are a Class is a pledge, a commitment, a promise among the members of a single class and every class.

Perfect for the first day, the 100th day, the final day, and any day of school.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781506489216
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	07/16/2024
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	28,759
Product dimensions:	9.25(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Rob Sanders is a teacher who writes and a writer who teaches. He is known for his funny and fierce fiction and nonfiction picture books, and is recognized as a pioneer in the arena of LGBTQ+ literary nonfiction picture books. He is the author of dozens of picture books, including Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag, Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights, and Stonewall: A Building An Uprising A Revolution. Blood Brothers, his first middle-grade novel, was selected as a 2023 NCTE Notable Novel in Verse. A native of Springfield, Missouri, Rob has lived and worked in Texas, Alabama, and Tennessee. He now lives in Florida and writes books full-time.

Hannah Abbo is an illustrator from the United Kingdom, currently living and working in Lisbon, Portugal. She lives with her partner and child, and their cat. When she's not drawing, she loves making ceramics in a local studio, visiting the botanical gardens, and baking bread.

Editorial Reviews

05/13/2024

“We’re creative thinkers/ With brains to the brim./ Brave enough to go out on a limb.” Writing in tight verse that reads like an extended cheer, Sanders imagines a classroom that’s active, compassionate, and inclusive. In Abbo’s friendly illustrations, a line of doll-like children, portrayed with various abilities and skin tones, moves down a hall, chatting and carrying books. Spreads show the students dressing up for career day, reading, enjoying recess, and comforting one another when things go wrong. Toward the end of the narrative, attention turns to a newcomer, the reader, whom the students address directly, inviting them in: “You’re part of what’s us./ No need to discuss./ We’re better with you.// Do you feel it too?” Offering warm, embracing assurance that the reader will feel comfortable and safe in a new classroom, it’s a welcoming title for first days and any day. Ages 4–7. (July)

Publishers Weekly

"Offering warm, embracing assurance that the reader will feel comfortable and safe in a new classroom, it's a welcoming title for first days and any day." —Publishers Weekly

"An enthusiastically inclusive treatise for kids wondering—or worrying—about what to expect from school." —Kirkus Reviews

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