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A Place Inside of Me

August 22, 2020 By Annette1 Leave a Comment

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Zetta Elliot, in A Place inside of me, gives us a poem to heal the heart of young people of colour.    In this sensitive picture book we see a young skateboarders’ response to living, before and after, a community member is wounded by the police.  This review is on behalf of Raincoast Books. 

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A Place Inside of Me

What I am Reviewing

Published by Farrar Straus Giroux, A Place inside of me is written by Zetta Elliot.   Within it’s 32 pages of reinforced binding, this hardcover picture book contains a poem to heal the heart.   Noa Denmom illustrates with care and feeling, bringing to light those hidden emotions inside.

From the cover: 

Summertime is filled with joy – skateboarding and playing basketball – until his community is deeply wounded by a police shooting. As fall turns to winter and then spring, fear grows into anger, then pride and peace.   …….

Here is a groundbreaking narrative that can help all readers – children and adults alike – talk about the feelings hiding deep inside each of us.

The details for A Place Inside of Me

This is not a book of simple rhyming poetry, but a poem filled with emotion from deep inside of a young man.    Enjoying his summer, until damage happens.  Then pain and anger flow out.   

 Illustrator Noa Denmon does an excellent job articulating the depth and nuances of a child’s experiences following a police shooting.  You’ll see with washes of colour, the grief, and anger, and healing and eventually the community.   

You’ll find the text generally in a large enough format to read with a group of children gathered round, and yet easy enough on the eyes to sit and read with a single child.  A Place Inside of Me is geared to youth 4-8 years old, but would be good with older children as well. 

Should you Get it?

Well-written, covering sensitive pain.  Opening hearts and minds to the inner turmoil of others when a member of their community is hurt.   Even though this specifically applies to Black Lives Matter, I can easily seen the theme crossing boundaries.  An excellent bridge to help children be sensitive to the feelings of those around them. 

A Place Inside of Me is definitely worth reading and I suggest you give it a good look.  Add it to your history.  🙂 

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