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Availability:In StockContributor:Useni Eugene Perkins, Bryan Collier (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2019-12-17Release date:12/17/2019Pages:22
Language:EnglishPublisher:LB KidsISBN-13:9780316360296ISBN-10:316360295UPC:9780316360296Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:People & Places, Social Topics, PoetryBook Topic:United States, Self-Esteem & Self-RelianceSize:6.90 x 5.70 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4409Product ID:SCXE235PNR
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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:LB KidsISBN-13:9780316360296ISBN-10:316360295UPC:9780316360296Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:People & Places, Social Topics, PoetryBook Topic:United States, Self-Esteem & Self-RelianceSize:6.90 x 5.70 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4409Product ID:SCXE235PNR
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.
Publisher: LB Kids

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Useni Eugene Perkins, Bryan Collier (Illustrator)

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Useni Eugene Perkins

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