Calling All Future Voters!
Calling All Future Voters! was a 2025 CBC Goddard Riverside Social Justice Prize Finalist. Read more here.
Calling All Future Voters! was one of the first books Gloo’s founder and CEO, Karen Chan, envisioned publishing. “It’s not only a topic I as a mother want to talk about with my kids, but a story that has become of utmost importance at an unprecedented time in which voter suppression, misinformation and racism are at their peak. This book is much more important than ever,” she shares. “And what better way to teach kids than with a story about voting rights and advocacy from the experts themselves?
“We’ve written a book to help kids understand why it’s important to vote, how people have fought for this right, and the tools to know their rights,” says Atkins. “But this isn’t just important for kids. It’s for the adults around them during this crucial time when our democracy is at stake.”
“This book offers kids a glimpse into how organizing and community-building work and why organizing is at the very heart of all positive social change in our nation, including the expansion of voting rights,” comments Lai-Peterson.
As Hailes says: “Our hope is that young readers and those responsible for their learning will read this book and be inspired to learn more and do more to build a democracy that is worthy of their ideals.”
