A powerful wordless picture book that demonstrates the power of word to untie the masses. Well done.

When you are imprisoned for your values, for what you believe in, the point is to break you down. To leave you without hope, as this wordless story tells the story of one prisoner, torn from his family for believing in something different from what the government believes in.

And then, he gets a letter, and more letters, and more letters telling him to not despair, that he is not alone.

This book is based on the program that Amnesty Internatinal does, writing letters to prisoners who are in jail for their beliefs. Very simple, easy to "read' story, good for adults, and for kids as a point of discussion.

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This is a really beautiful, easy to understand book about human rights and Amnesty International. This it would be a great classroom book for teaching about human rights, empathy and connotation since it is wordless.

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Letters to a Prisoner is a wordless story inspired by Amnesty International’s letter-writing campaigns to help free people who have been jailed for expressing their opinion, The book is wordless and tells the story of a man arrested during a peaceful protest. It is the story of hope, a story of the power of the pen to help, as well as the idea that everyone can do something to free these political prisoners. The illustrations are simple yet convey a powerful message. There is a letter from the author at the end of the book that explains about the campaign and the book. I recommend that you read the letter first if you are not familiar with this campaign. An ideal book to use with a middle grades classroom studying civil rights, power of speech and/or Social Justice. This book should be in all middle and high school libraries.

Decent introduction on human rights for the kiddies, and the wordless approach makes the narrative more universal/with out regionalism-language. The watercolour illustration is beautiful, gentle and "stylized" to the point. I would see this being used as classroom material.