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Your Voice is Your Superpower: A Beginner's Guide to Freedom of Speech
What is free speech and why is it so special? Your Voice is Your Superpower tells you why your voice matters and how you can use it and also why we must protect everyone’s right to free speech.
"The First Amendment gives us superpowers! What a terrific way to help kids understand why they are free to say and write what they think. This engaging story is perfect for young readers and maybe a few parents, too."
--Kathleen Carroll, Chair of the Board of the Committee to Protect Journalists
Everyone loves superheroes. Who doesn't? They're super! Some of them can fly. Some are strong. Some can become invisible. And some wear capes. But the thing that really makes them super is that they help people and change the world. And guess what? You have a superpower inside you.
Your VOICE is your superpower.
And because of a thing called freedom of speech, with that voice, you can express yourself, you can help people and you can change the world.
Children get their values and learn what is important from their parents. Freedom of expression is one of those values – one that is perhaps more important than ever before. Free speech is necessary to maintain a democracy. Without it, people may be afraid to say what they think and believe, and will be unable to share their thoughts and beliefs with other people and the government.
Freedom of expression also requires willing listeners, even to speech we may not want to hear. If we do not teach our children these basic values, and they neither speak nor listen to other points of view, and shout down those with whom they disagree, what will happen to our Republic? So we decided to write this book to help parents get their children started down the path to believing in the free and open exchange of ideas, thoughts and beliefs.
A portion of proceeds will be donated to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
"The First Amendment gives us superpowers! What a terrific way to help kids understand why they are free to say and write what they think. This engaging story is perfect for young readers and maybe a few parents, too."
--Kathleen Carroll, Chair of the Board of the Committee to Protect Journalists
Everyone loves superheroes. Who doesn't? They're super! Some of them can fly. Some are strong. Some can become invisible. And some wear capes. But the thing that really makes them super is that they help people and change the world. And guess what? You have a superpower inside you.
Your VOICE is your superpower.
And because of a thing called freedom of speech, with that voice, you can express yourself, you can help people and you can change the world.
Children get their values and learn what is important from their parents. Freedom of expression is one of those values – one that is perhaps more important than ever before. Free speech is necessary to maintain a democracy. Without it, people may be afraid to say what they think and believe, and will be unable to share their thoughts and beliefs with other people and the government.
Freedom of expression also requires willing listeners, even to speech we may not want to hear. If we do not teach our children these basic values, and they neither speak nor listen to other points of view, and shout down those with whom they disagree, what will happen to our Republic? So we decided to write this book to help parents get their children started down the path to believing in the free and open exchange of ideas, thoughts and beliefs.
A portion of proceeds will be donated to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
- GenresPicture BooksNonfiction
32 pages, Hardcover
Published September 15, 2020
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May 24, 2021
Excellent first book on the First Amendment. So very important for young children to understand what there rights are - also important to start this process early. It is a sad state of affairs; I know people who don't even know what their rights are. Read this book with a small child and you will feel good!
November 13, 2021
“But what really makes them super, comes from DEEP INSIDE.”
Includes a bibliography of resources regarding free speech.
Includes a bibliography of resources regarding free speech.
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