Books For Littles

What we do

Raising Luminaries creates resources to support caregivers and educators in raising the next generation of kind & courageous humans.

Who we are

Members of the Raising Luminaries community (‘Incendiaries’) are of parents and guardians (caregivers), as well as teachers and librarians (educators), and any other grownups tasked with influencing and raising the youngest generation of humans (ages 0-10). See the Participants section of our Accountability Statement for more.

We are, in general, progressive-minded and radically leftist, with an emphasis on learning, listening, inclusion, and transformative justice. We do not compete with organizations and individuals whose missions align with ours. We collaborate.

How we do it

The primary focus of Raising Luminaries is supporting caregivers balance advocacy and care work without burning out. Our ancillary initiatives provide tools, guidance, and support to uphold this mission. 

Books For Littles provides guidance on critical media consumption and family action tool kits to support parents, educators, and caregivers in tackling tricky conversations with kids. By using children’s media to make hard conversations easier and to introduce complex topics simply, we educate grownups, who then go on to have ongoing discussions with their littles and their wider community.

The Luminary Braintrust is a support space for caregivers providing resources, workshops, hangouts, and various experimental collaborations to sustain long-term parenting goals in igniting kind and courageous leaders.

The Student Ignition Society provides free resources for educators to build social justice curriculum for students in K-12.

The Seasonal Collectives provide foundational strategies to maintain advocacy and care work without repeating patterns of harm within an oppressive system.