{"product_id":"desmond-gets-free-9781558969056","title":"Desmond Gets Free","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I love this book! Khim Fam's illustrations bring Desmond Tutu's enduring quote to life, while Matt Meyer cleverly navigates the metaphor to teach young readers about the power of community action.\" --Innosanto Nagara, author and illustrator of \u003ci\u003eA is for Activist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCounting on Community\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eM is for Movement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Archbishop Desmond Tutu\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery morning Desmond the mouse wakes with the sunrise and spends the day playing in the beautiful meadow where he lives. And every night he goes to sleep under the starry sky. That is until one night he wakes up and finds an elephant asleep on his tail! Desmond asks for help from every kind of animal passing by but no one wants to disturb the sleeping giant. How will Desmond get free?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith Matt Meyer's thoughtful story and lush watercolor illustrations by artist Khim Fam, \u003ci\u003eDesmond Gets Free\u003c\/i\u003e introduces young readers to timely and nuanced concepts of justice and liberation in a kid-friendly and accessible way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skinner House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558969056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40","brand":"Matt Meyer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720842252469,"sku":"9781558969056","price":11.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4fafdacd-cb4c-48ef-aeef-fe506b520f34.jpg?v=1675179937","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/desmond-gets-free-9781558969056","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}