Painting For Peace in Ferguson

This is an AMAZING book!!! I bought one copy for each of my elementary classrooms! This book is filled with hope and love and shares how a difficult time can bring people together! The art work is incredible and the message is powerful!

Living in the Ferguson area and being familiar with the author makes this book very meaningful. It provides children and adults to keep the memories alive. Beautiful drawings.

Great!

Amazing book. Artistically over the top

As someone who grew up in Ferguson and participated in the painting for peace project, I have many connections to this book. However, the book doesn't just belong to Ferguson. A broader message of resiliency and hope for racial harmony is woven throughout the images, making it relevant for any community. Though the book tells only one part of a much larger and complicated story, it is a great teaching tool to start dialogues with children about what kind of world they want to live in, and empowers them to do their part. I'd recommend this book to any teacher, therapist, or parent who wants to start talking with children about race in America.

I live in St. Louis and purchased this book for my children. After reading it my daughter asked to go and see the artwork and said she'd like to live in a community like Ferguson where people come together. I then purchased copies for friends' children around the country so they could use it as a way to start talking to kids about how we can build more just and peaceful communities wherever we live. Beautiful book!

The website for this book shows that the proceeds go to the St. Louis Community Foundation. Michael Brown was shot in 2014, this book came out in 2015.In the Vision & statement of support of the St. Louis Community Foundation (which mainly serves to offset tax rates for the very wealthy), there aren't many racial justice groups (if any, just the Racial Harmony Foundation, if that counts) recieving support from this foundation.But one organization that DID recieve money in 2015 from the St. Louis Community Foundation is the St. Louis Police Foundation.I wonder how Michael Brown's family feels about that.

Living in St Louis at the time of the Ferguson riots, it was difficult to talk to my children about the events - and what precipitated them too. Moreover it was hard to really give them hope in a scary and difficult time. Carol has done a great job of telling the story - the truly inspirational story of people that banded together and gave hope.

A delightful book, and a splendid record of an inspiring story.