{"product_id":"can-we-please-give-the-police-department-to-the-grandmothers","title":"Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers?","description":"A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2023\n\nBased on the viral poem by Coretta Scott King honoree Junauda Petrus, this picture book debut imagines a radically positive future where police aren’t in charge of public safety and community well-being.\n\nPetrus first published and performed this poem after the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. With every subsequent police shooting, it has taken on new urgency, culminating in the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, blocks from Junauda's home.\n\nIn its picture book incarnation, Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? is a joyously radical vision of community-based safety and mutual aid. It is optimistic, provocative, and ultimately centered in fierce love. Debut picture book artist Kristen Uroda has turned Junauda's vision for a city without precincts into a vibrant and flourishing urban landscape filled with wise and loving grandmothers of all sorts.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0593462335\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0593462335.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Petrus, Junauda|Uroda, Kristen\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41379884499002,"sku":"DBV.0593462335.G","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0593462335-0.jpg?v=1777139484","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/can-we-please-give-the-police-department-to-the-grandmothers","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}