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Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris Team Up for New Children’s Book

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  1. Melody Bot Jul 25, 2018
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    Author Dave Eggers and The Matches’ Shawn Harris have teamed up for a new children’s book called What Can a Citizen Do? Pre-orders are now up.


    A group of children turn a lonely island into a community across the course of several seemingly unrelated but ultimately connected actions. Coming this September, available to preorder now via Chroniclebooks.

    A dollar of every book preordered will be donated to @citizenuniversity, a national platform for fostering responsible and empowered citizenship!
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  2. red8ge Jul 25, 2018
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    really stoked shawn has had a second wind as an illustrator for eggers' stuff. i've given his last book to some teacher friends for their classrooms
     
  3. sammyboy516 Jul 25, 2018
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    I teach third grade in a primarily African-American inner city. This is dope. It's incredible how positively kids respond when they see a kid who looks like them in the pages of a book. The message would resonate with them as well, for sure.
     
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  4. shogunTORTOISE Jul 25, 2018
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    I've never actually given any of Eggers books the time of day but I'm sure I'm missing out on something. Can anyone recommend a good starting point?
     
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  6. Jason Tate Jul 25, 2018
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    ‘A Heartbreaking Work...’ is his autobio and a good place to start imo.
     
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  7. red8ge Jul 26, 2018
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    what is the what and the circle are cool
     
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  8. shogunTORTOISE Jul 26, 2018
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    Grazie