Painting Grace is a lyrical children’s book that brings civil rights protest signs and historic protest quotes to life through the eyes of a child—and the wings of a butterfly who’s marched before.
Billy and Mary weren’t looking to start a movement; they just followed their mom into the crowd.
And then Grace found them.
Grace, a beautiful artist who’d seen this scene before. Decades ago, she’d marched the path of protest, from Women’s Suffrage to the Civil Rights.
Now, she’s here to show the children that we need to keep showing up, not because nothing changed, but because not enough did.
As chants echo and signs rise, Grace paints her own vision of the future, with a chant submitted our Creativity Challenge Winner, Bray W:
“Rise women, love your place.
Always find your saving grace.”
Painting Grace invites kids to witness how small voices, joining together, become movements we can’t ignore.
