Brown Girl, Brown Girl little red

Brown Girl, Brown Girl little redThis powerful and hopeful picture bookinspired by the historic election of Vice President Kamala Harriscelebrates brown and Black girls and is magnificently illustrated by a Caldecott Honor winning artist. Brown girl, brown girl, what did you see? A world that sees my skin before it sees me. Based on a viral poem by Blaxican poet and activist Lesl Honor, and illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Cozbi A. Cabrera, this moving journey through the past,

Letty Cottin Pogrebin became fascinated by her friends' and family's diverse reactions to her and her illness: how awkwardly some of them behaved

But when Frannie's secret comes out

The wise young narrator shows that meanness can be a whisper or a shout

Arriving at a fragile juncture in the uncertain peace process

the other a dangerous con artist—go head-to-head in an electrifying game of cat and mouse

Sloan’s intimate portrait is a vivid

Too bad she's determined not to fall for a cowboy

has strengths that can be fostered and vulnerabilities to be avoided

We’ve come a long way

” —Julie Barlow

it carries the hallmarks of all of Taraborrelli's best-sellers: impeccable research

Expansive in scope and serious in execution