The Washington Post likewise published an interview with Innosanto Nagara in its parenting section discussing the necessity of progressive messages in young children. Nagara's A is for Activist has received acclaim for its 'progressive message has made its way into material aimed at little ones' in a particularly unique and straightforward manner. The Wedding Portrait is Nagara's next book, based on the events surrounding his own wedding day, was published in October 2017. have real power.' It was followed by My Night in the Planetarium in 2016, based on a night when Nagara and his mother hid from the police in a planetarium. In 2015 Counting on Community was published, described by Publishers Weekly as 'a counting book that celebrates active communities' and emphasized 'that close-knit communities. Ī is for Activist, Nagara's first children's book, was published by Seven Stories Press’ children's imprint Triangle Square in 2013. He studied zoology and philosophy at UC Davis, after graduating he moved to San Francisco Bay Area, where he worked as a graphic designer for a range of social change organizations, before founding the Design Action Collective, a worker-owned cooperative design studio in Oakland, California. Nagara was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia, and moved to the US in 1988. According to NPR, Nagara began writing children's books upon realizing that he could not find 'a fun book' that 'talked about the importance of social justice.' Career

He is also the founder of Design Action Collective, a self-described Marxist organization that believes ' capitalism is an inherently exploitative and alienating system and that socialism presents a positive alternative.' As well, the Design Action Collective believes 'the US government is the main impediment to peace and justice on a global scale' and, as of 2010, actively supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, a movement which has been criticized as antisemitic. He is the author of the alphabet book A is for Activist as well as the other children's books Counting on Community, My Night in the Planetarium, and the newly released The Wedding Portrait. Innosanto Nagara is a children's author, activist, and graphic designer.

A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara