The Power Book: What It Is, Who Has It, and Why?

Brightly colored and attractively organized, this informative volume aims to define and explain power as three main types (everyday, world-changing, and personal), and explores factors (worldviews, racism, gender, sexuality, etc.) that affect a person’s power. Throughout, thoughtfully composed “Thinking Points” guide readers, encouraging connections to their own lives and experiences, while echoing the information presented in the text. For example, after a section titled “Who’s in Charge of the Grown-Ups,” which includes an explanation of hierarchies and a definition of “the state,” readers are asked: “What do you think would happen if we got rid of the state? Do you think it would be a good or a bad thing?” A thoughtful foreword from Roxane Gay and short profiles of contemporary and historical individuals who have leveraged power to impact the world remind readers that power, while “neither good nor bad,” can inspire real and profound change. Ages 7–10. [em](Oct.) [/em]