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The talk

As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, he first must have the difficult conversation Black families have with their sons, warning them about the challenges they face due to racism.

Main Author: Williams, Alicia, 1970- (Author)
Other Authors: Uchendu, Briana Mukodiri (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2022]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Race relations > Juvenile fiction.
Growth > Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Family life > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
Summary: As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, he first must have the difficult conversation Black families have with their sons, warning them about the challenges they face due to racism.
Item Description: "A Caitlyn Dlouhy book."
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Audience: Ages 4-8.
Grades K-1.
ISBN: 9781534495296
1534495290
Author Notes: Alicia D. Williams is the author of Genesis Begins Again , which received Newbery and Kirkus Prize honors, was a William C. Morris Award finalist, and for which she won the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent; and picture books Jump at the Sun and The Talk which was also a Coretta Scott King Honor book. An oral storyteller in the African American tradition, she lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Briana Mukodiri Uchendu is an illustrator, visual development artist, and a first-generation Nigerian American. Her work is inspired by her interests in folklore, film, and animation and her passion to highlight voices that usually go unheard. A recent graduate from Ringling College of Art and Design where she majored in illustration, she currently lives in her hometown of Houston, Texas. The Talk is her picture book debut.

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