Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers?

by Junauda Petrus

Book Overview

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2023

Based on the viral poem by Coretta Scott King honoree Junauda Petrus, this picture book debut imagines a radically positive future where police aren't in charge of public safety and community well-being.

Petrus first published and performed this poem after the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. With every subsequent police shooting, it has taken on new urgency,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593462335
• ISBN13: 9780593462331
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.8" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3