{"product_id":"main-street-a-community-story-about-redlining-britt-hawthorne-and-tiffany-jewell-illustrations-by-david-wilkerson","title":"Main Street: A Community Story About Redlining \/\/\/ Britt Hawthorne and Tiffany Jewell, illustrations by David Wilkerson \/\/\/ new","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA girl learns how the history of redlining has affected her neighborhood in this intergenerational picture book about racism, community action, and resilience by two\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling authors.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOlivia can’t wait to invite her friends to the 62nd annual Main Street Block Party. But when she does, Alison says that Main Street isn’t safe. Olivia’s eyes fill with tears, and she begins to wish that she didn’t live on Main Street at all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen, Olivia learns what happened when her neighbor Ms. Effie was about her age: Ms. Effie’s family was also told that Main Street wasn’t good enough. The bank wouldn’t give them a loan to buy their house based on where it fell on a color-coded map: Mostly Black people lived near Main Street, so the neighborhood was colored red on the map. To fight back against this practice called redlining, Ms. Effie’s family became friends with their neighbors and got organized.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith vibrant illustrations by David Wilkerson and engaging text by Britt Hawthorne and Tiffany Jewell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Main Street\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e celebrates what might happen when neighbors come together for a common goal and everybody pitches in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeatures backmatter with an author’s note about the full history of redlining and ideas for further engagement with your community!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBIO\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"brandon\"\u003eBritt Hawthorne \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"brandon\"\u003e(she\/they) is an antiracist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eeducator, teacher, speaker, visionary,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand advocate. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003eBritt\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eis the author of the highly-anticipated\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBestseller,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaising Antiracist Children: A Practical Parenting Guide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Simon Element, 2022). The book is an interactive guide for strategically incorporating the tools of inclusivity into everyday life and parenting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MW5IWV\" data-motion-part=\"BG_LAYER comp-lnhtpblj2\" data-hook=\"bgLayers\" id=\"bgLayers_comp-lnhtpblj2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"VgO9Yg\" data-motion-part=\"BG_MEDIA comp-lnhtpblj2\" id=\"bgMedia_comp-lnhtpblj2\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-testid=\"inline-content\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-lnhtpblj2inlineContent\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-lnhtpblj2inlineContent-gridContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"richTextElement\" class=\"Z_l5lU ku3DBC zQ9jDz qvSjx3 Vq6kJx comp-lnhtpblk5 wixui-rich-text\" id=\"comp-lnhtpblk5\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"richTextElement\" class=\"Z_l5lU ku3DBC zQ9jDz qvSjx3 Vq6kJx comp-lnhtpbll4 wixui-rich-text\" id=\"comp-lnhtpbll4\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTiffany Jewell\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Black biracial writer, twin sister, first generation American, cisgender mama, anti-bias antiracist (ABAR) educator. 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