Vashti Harrison
2) Big
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
Praised for acting like a big girl when she is small, as a young girl grows, "big" becomes a word of criticism, until the girl realizes that she is fine just the way she is.
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
87 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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Features female figures of black history, including abolitionist Sojourner Truth, pilot Bessie Coleman, chemist Alice Ball, politician Shirley Chisholm, mathematician Katherine Johnson, poet Maya Angelou, and filmmaker Julie Dash.
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Pub. Date
2019.
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The legends in this book span centuries and continents, but each one blazed a trail for generations to come. Among these biographies, readers will find aviators and artists, politicians and pop stars, athletes and activists. The exceptional men featured include writer James Baldwin, artist Aaron Douglas, filmmaker Oscar Devereaux Micheaux, lawman Bass Reeves, civil rights leader John Lewis, dancer Alvin Ailey, and musician Prince.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm
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Featuring 18 trailblazing black women in American history, Dream Big, Little One is the board book adaptation of the author's Little leaders: bold women in Black history.
9) Amor de pelo
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
A little girl's daddy steps in to help her arrange her curly, coiling, wild hair into styles that allow her to be her natural, beautiful self.
10) Sulwe
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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When five-year-old Sulwe's classmates make fun of her dark skin, she tries lightening herself to no avail, but her encounter with a shooting star helps her understand there is beauty in every shade
11) Hello, Star
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
Night after night, a girl speaks to a dying star and, inspired by its resilience, follows her dream to reach the star someday.
12) Hair love
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A little girl's daddy steps in to help her arrange her curly, coiling, wild hair into styles that allow her to be her natural, beautiful self.
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Series
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
40 pages : illustrations ; cm
Description
When Cece and her Adventure Girls troop face a sudden thunderstorm, they use science, technology, engineering, and math to solve problems and make their way safely back to camp.
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Description
From New York Times bestselling author Andrea Beaty and New York Times bestselling illustrator Vashti Harrison, a sweet and playful bedtime book that reminds young readers just how loved they are
I love you like yellow.
I love you like green.
Like flowery orchid
and sweet tangerine . . .
Love comes in many forms. It can feel tart as lemonade, or sweet as sugar cookies. Slow as a lazy morning, or fast as a relay race. Love is there through...