Hey Black Child -- Useni Eugene Perkins, Hardcover

Six-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor recipient Bryan Collier brings this classic, inspirational poem to life, written by poet Useni Eugene Perkins.

Hey black child,

Do you know who you are?

Who really are?Do you know you can be

What you want to be

If you try to be

What you can be?

This lyrical, empowering poem celebrates black children and seeks to inspire all young people to dream big and achieve their goals.

Author: Useni Eugene Perkins
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 11/14/2017
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 11.50h x 9.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780316360302
Audience: Ages 4-8

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2017 pg. 131
School Library Journal 09/01/2017 pg. 113
Booklist 09/15/2017 pg. 57
Publishers Weekly 09/25/2017
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 pg. 231 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

About the Author
Useni Eugene Perkins is a distinguished poet, playwright, and youth worker. He is the author of Harvesting New Generations: The Positive Development of Black Youth; Home is a Dirty Street: The Social Oppression of Black Children; and Black Fairy and Other Plays. He currently lives in Chicago.

Bryan Collier has illustrated more than twenty-five picture books, including the award-winning Trombone Shorty, Dave the Potter, and Knock Knock: My Father's Dream for Me, as well as City Shapes, and Fifty Cents and a Dream, and has received four Caldecott Honors and six Coretta Scott King Awards. He lives with his wife and children in Marlboro, New York.