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Black Girl You Are Atlas
Winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award
A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson.
In this semi-autobiographical collection of poems, Renée Watson writes
about her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class, and gender.
Using a variety of poetic forms, from haiku to free verse, Watson shares recollections of her childhood in Portland, tender odes to the Black women in her life, and urgent calls for Black girls to step into their power.
Black Girl You Are Atlas encourages young readers to embrace their future with a strong sense of sisterhood and celebration. With full-color art by celebrated fine artist Ekua Holmes throughout, this collection offers guidance and is a gift for anyone who reads it.
Book Details
- Publisher: Kokila
- Publish Date: Feb 13rd, 2024
- Pages: 96
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 6.30in - 5.50in - 0.80in - 0.60lb
- EAN: 9780593461709
- Recommended age: 12-UP
- Categories: • Poetry• Girls & Women• African American & Black
About the Author
Ekua Holmes is a collage-based artist who investigates family histories, relationship dynamics, childhood impressions, and the power of hope, faith, and self-determination in her work. She has created and led workshops, been a visiting artist and lecturer, and held artist residencies throughout New England. For her work in illustrating children's literature, Holmes is the recipient of a Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King's John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award, Robert Siebert and Horn Book awards. She is also currently Commissioner and Vice-Chair of the Boston Art Commission, along with Associate Director at the Center for Art and Community Partnerships at MassArt.
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Praise for this book
★ "[A] moving, introspective poetry collection celebrating the possibilities of Black girlhood complemented by atmospheric mixed-media illustrations...A compelling ode to self-resurrection and Black sisterhood."
--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"[A] semi-autobiographical collection that speaks to...the expansive experience of Black girlhood as it cycles toward womanhood via sharp and loving poetry. Accompanied by striking and vintage-feeling multimedia collage artwork... a tender ode to universal yearnings for safety, love, and justice, as well as a celebration of Black girlhood."
-- Publishers Weekly