An “enthusiastic picture book about the power of community and of choice.” - Publishers Weekly STARRED Review
Rock That Vote
Illustration by Lucy Ruth Cummins from Rock That Vote Dial Books - PRH
An interactive, joyful celebration of classroom elections and the power of voting.
Fins, paws, wings, or claws? With so many choices for a new class pet, these kids has the big task of picking a critter to become part of their classroom family. To make sure it’s all fair and square, they put it to a vote! As the students make posters to support their choice and excitedly submit their ballots, readers can join the chants and cheers to make sure everyone rocks that vote!
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What People Are Saying…
Publishers Weekly - Starred Review!
“The runaway rhythm and bouncing energy of an elementary school classroom’s vote for class pet foregrounds communal involvement—and genuine excitement—around the voting process. Fleming’s rhymes focus on characteristics instead of specific candidates—“Who wants FINS? Who wants PAWS?.../ Who wants WINGS? Who wants CLAWS?”—adroitly covering a range of species. “Hedgehog, lizard, hamster, goat?/ Make a sign and rock that vote!” invites participation as students draw campaign posters for their favorite animals. Cummins’s mixed-media art evokes the scrawled excitement of youthful creativity. A lesson in conflict resolution includes a teacher-led solution: “Let’s work it through./ Let’s understand./ Listen./ Share.// And now shake hands.” Illustrations feature kids of various abilities, skin tones, and hair textures, creating an inclusive, enthusiastic picture book about the power of community and of choice.”
New York Journal of Books
“exciting and fun . . . a pitch-perfect image of a classroom election. With this story, young readers will be inspired to rock that vote as soon as they’re given the chance.”
- New York Journal of Books
Kirkus Reviews
“The brightly colored illustrations—a mix of gouache, colored pencil, brush marker, and digital finishing touches—present a vibrant classroom full of diverse children, and the text features a flowing rhyme scheme that reads aloud beautifully.”