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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.

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Bibliographic Details
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.
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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 Mid-Air , which was longlisted for the National Book Award; 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 , Nani and the Lion , 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, recent recipient of the John Steptoe New Talent Award, is an illustrator, visual development artist, and first-generation Nigerian American. She is the illustrator of multiple picture books including The Talk by Alicia D. Williams, which received a Coretta Scott King Author Honor, and Hairstory by Sope Martins. Her work is inspired by her interests in folklore, film, and animation and her passion to highlight voices that usually go unheard.