# What Can a Citizen Do? - Hardcover

by **Dave Eggers** (Author), **Shawn Harris** (Illustrator)

**"\[This\] charming book provides examples and sends the message that citizens aren't born but are made by actions taken to help others and the world they live in."** --_The Washington Post_

**This is a book about what citizenship--good citizenship--means to you, and to us all:** Across the course of several seemingly unrelated but ultimately connected actions by different children, we watch how kids turn a lonely island into a community--and watch a journey from what the world should be to what the world could be.

-   _What Can a Citizen Do_? is the latest collaboration from the acclaimed behind the bestselling _Her Right Foot_: Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris.
-   For today's youngest readers about what it means to be a citizen and the positive role they can play in society.
-   Includes beautiful illustrations and intriguing, rhyming text.

**"Obligatory reading for future informed citizens." --_The New York Times_**

**_What Can a Citizen Do_ is an empowering and timeless read with an important message for all ages.**

-   Great family read-aloud book
-   Books for kids ages 5-8
-   Picture books for grades K-3

### Author Biography

**Dave Eggers** is the author of many books, including _Heroes of the Frontier_, _The Circle_, and _A Hologram for the King_. He is the cofounder of: Voice of Witness, an oral-history series focused on human rights; 826 National, a network of writing and tutoring centers; and ScholarMatch, which connects donors and under-resourced students to make college possible. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

**Shawn Harris** is an artist and musician who lives and works in Morongo Valley, California.

**Number of Pages:** 52

**Dimensions:** 0.6 x 10.1 x 8.1 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** September 11, 2018

## Details

- **Price:** 19.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
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