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Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers?

Junauda Petrus

Illustrator: Kristen Uroda

Ages: 9+

Published: 2023

Publisher: Dutton Children's Books/Penguin Random House

ISBN: 978-0-593-46233-1

Keywords: Grandparents-Grandchildren relationships, Police Brutality, Restorative Justice, Black American communities, Black Lives Matter, BLM

A free-verse poem, originally written after the 2014 death of Michael Brown, is paired with vibrant illustrations and presents a world where caring and emotional warmth can solve community problems. Mature content