5★
Disclaimer: I’m a member of Amnesty. This is a picture book, and if a picture is worth a thousand words, this one is a doorstop of a story! The author explains at the end:

”The first time I took part in Amnesty International’s Write for Rights letter-writing marathon, all sorts of people were involved—from the young and old to the famous and not-so famous. Despite our differences, we all had one thing in common: the desire to write to a person who had been unjustly imprisoned for his or her ideas.”

THAT is the point of Amnesty. To support and advocate for people who are imprisoned (unjustly) for their ideas. Prisoners of conscience, political prisoners and protestors, no matter which side of politics they represent.

Human rights are rights for everyone, not just for the people we agree with or the powerful or the elite. Everyone. Even this dad who was at a rally with his child.

[My Goodreads review has an illustration with this caption: Dad at protest rally with child is hit and jailed]

Dad is miserable in prison until a bird pops through the window with a letter which lights him up!

[My Goodreads review has an illustration with the caption: Dad reads a letter from his child.]

More people start writing to prisoners and overwhelm the system to the point that the guards are covered with piles of letters and Dad appears to fly free!

My experience with Amnesty is writing to governments to seek help for prisoners of conscience—medical attention, family visits, legal representation, and release in many cases. I am told that prisoners have reported that they can tell when people are advocating because their food improves and they get visits from doctors.

This book is another writing program - writing directly to prisoners themselves.

The beauty of this book is that it can be circulated in every country with no explanation necessary.

Thanks to NetGalley and OwlKids Books for a preview copy for review. I recommend schools and libraries order this to get conversations started among the kids.

If you'd like to help but prefer to limit yourself to "clicktivism", have a look at Amnesty International, find your home country, and sign some petitions!
https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/

Beautiful in every way. A #wordlessbook introduction to #HumanRights for young readers. #JacquesGoldstyn #amnestyinternational

This book is lovely. Not only am I going to purchase a copy, but I want to see if my school can participate in Amnesty International's Write for Rights.

When a peaceful protester becomes a despairing political prisoner a letter brings hope back into his life. Soon letters arrive from all types of people around the world. Showing the power of words and how they can lift someone up in their lowest moments, the prisoner uses the plethora of letters to make wings and fly from his cell. The lovely illustrations tell the story as this is a wordless book.

This is a powerful book and a great springboard for discussions of human rights, political prisoners, protesting, people's beliefs/convictions/political views, tolerance and problem solving without violence.

Written by Amnesty International there is an afterword explaining their letter writing campaign as well as how to participate.

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.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

Utterly, utterly gorgeous. This wordless story inspired by Amnesty International's letter writing campaigns brought tears to my eyes.

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.

Thank you NetGalley for an ARC of this book. All opinions are my own.

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.