Baby Young, Gifted, and Black: With a Mirror! -- Jamia Wilson, Board Book
Product Tags:
African American & Black, African Americans, Andrea Pippins, Baby-Preschool, Biography & Autobiography, Board Book, Children's Books/Baby-Preschool, Cultural & Regional, Family, Jamia Wilson, Juvenile Nonfiction, New Baby, PreK, See Yourself in Their Stories, Wide Eyed Editions"...to be revisited again and again...The candy-colored pages and straightforward stories are hard to resist..." -The New York Times "...diverse collection of iconic figures...vibrantly illustrated...beautifully crafted volume..." -Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review "...exuberant...exquisitely designed...a 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.
Author: Jamia Wilson
Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
Published: 01/26/2021
Pages: 20
Binding Type: Board Book
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 6.60h x 6.80w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780711261419
Audience: Ages 4-8
Review Citation(s):
Foreword 12/26/2020
About the Author
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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