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Baby Young, Gifted, and Black: With a Mirror!

English

By (author): Jamia Wilson

Illustrated by: Andrea Pippins

*Featured for World Book Day: Black History Month*

There are so many things I am and can be... There's a whole world waiting for me. 

Introduce your baby to Black excellence with this lyrical board-book edition of Young, Gifted and Black. Includes a mirror at the back so young dreamers can see themselves next to their heroes.

Meet icons of colour from past and present in this baby board book celebration of inspirational achievement. A collection of positive, yet simple, affirmations to encourage the next generation. Highlighting the talent of Black leaders and changemakers from around the world, young dreamers will develop confidence, self-assurance, and self-belief.
 
Created in the spirit of Nina Simones song To Be Young, Gifted, and Black, meet figureheads, leaders and pioneers such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, as well as cultural trailblazers like Zadie Smith and athletes like Serena Williams. Jamia Wilson has carefully curated this range of Black icons and the book is stylishly brought together by Andrea Pippins colourful and celebratory illustrations.
 
Older readers may be interested in the other titles in this collection: Young, Gifted and Black, and Young, Gifted and Black Too, perfect for chlidren aged 7 years and up!

 All children deserve to see themselves represented positively in the books they read.

*Remove packaging before giving to a child*
 
Praise for the hardback edition
...to be revisited again and againThe candy-colored pages and straightforward stories are hard to resist The New York Times

...diverse collection of iconic figuresvibrantly illustratedbeautifully crafted volume Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

exuberantexquisitely designeda launching point for more discoveries. School Library Journal, Starred Review

A luminous and diverse tribute to black movers and shakers across the centuries. Publishers Weekly

For readers 9-12, check out Step Into Your Power and Big Ideas for Young Thinkers, by the same author-illustrator team.  See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 167 x 167mm
  • Publication Date: 05 Jan 2021
  • Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Age Group: Ages 0-5
  • ISBN13: 9780711261419

About Jamia Wilson

Jamia Wilson joined Random House as an executive editor in 2021 and is the former executive director and publisher of the Feminist Press. An activist and writer Wilson has contributed to New York Magazine The New York Times The Today Show CNN BBC Teen Vogue Elle Refinery 29 Rookie and The Guardian. She is the author of Young Gifted and Black; Baby Young Gifted and Black; Step Into Your Power and Big Ideas for Young Thinkers. She is also a co-author of Road Map for Revolutionaries and wrote the introduction and oral history to Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World.Andrea Pippins is an illustrator designer and author who has a passion for creating images that reflect what she wants to see in art media and pop culture. Her vision is to empower people of color with tools and inspiration to create and tell their own stories. She is the best-selling creator of the coloring book I Love My Hair and the interactive journal Becoming Me. Her clients include O: The Oprah Magazine Scoop Magazine Family Circle The Huffington Post Bustle Free People Lincoln Center and the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Andrea is based in Stockholm Sweden. 

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