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A girl like me

"Empower young readers to embrace their individuality, reject societal limitations, and follow their dreams. This inspiring picture book brings together a poem by acclaimed author Angela Johnson and Nina Crews's distinctive photocollage illustrations to celebrate girls of color" --

Main Author: Johnson, Angela, 1961- (Author)
Other Authors: Crews, Nina (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Girls > Juvenile fiction.
Individuality > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Hispanic Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Asian Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
Summary: "Empower young readers to embrace their individuality, reject societal limitations, and follow their dreams. This inspiring picture book brings together a poem by acclaimed author Angela Johnson and Nina Crews's distinctive photocollage illustrations to celebrate girls of color" --
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN: 9781541557772
1541557778
Author Notes: Angela Johnson was born on June 18, 1961 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She attended Kent State University and worked with Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) as a child development worker. She has written numerous children's books including Tell Me a Story, Mama, Shoes like Miss Alice, Looking for Red, A Cool Moonlight and Lily Brown's Paintings. She won the Coretta Scott King Author's Award three times for Toning the Sweep in 1994, for Heaven in 1999, and for The First Part Last in 2004, which also won the Michael L. Printz Award. In 2003, she was named a MacArthur fellow.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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