Social Justice Children’s Books Fair

Here is the illustration/design I did for the 7th annual Social Justice Children’s Book Fair, of which I am a cofounder of and one of several organizers. My intent with this image was to show a mixed kid, a tween showing up to the book fair and walking out with a stack of books!

You can read more about the mission, history, and team for this annual event in Oakland here 

But, I’ll just summarize here. This event was started in 2017 in Oakland by independent book publishers, writers, illustrators, etc to make a unique children’s book fair for the greater Bay Area. Our focus is on inviting our community to meet Bipoc, Queer, and Social Justice minded kid lit creators, and publishers under one roof. We also bring in and partner with community based organizations who champion literacy for kids, for example Chapter 510 was the first organization to host the event.

You can see photos from the event here and some press from Oaklandside too.