You So Black
Hardcover – Picture Book, January 10, 2023
Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers · Hardcover · January 10, 2023
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- Who it’s for
- A lyrical picture-book celebration finds Blackness in everyday life, connection, invention, protest, and love.
- Themes
- Blackness and identity, Joy and resilience, Family and connection
- Genres
- US: African American Stories, Diversity & Multicultural, Stories in Verse
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Based on Theresa Wilson’s (a.k.a. Theresa tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D.’s) beautiful, viral spoken word poem of the same name, You So Black is a picture book celebration of the richness, the nuance, and the joy of Blackness. Black is everywhere, and in everything, and in everyone—in the night sky and the fertile soil below. It’s in familial connections and invention, in hands lifted in praise and voices lifted in protest, and in hearts wide open and filled with love. Black is good.
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Accompanied by powerful yet tender illustrations by award-winning illustrator London Ladd, Theresa tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D. has adapted her poem, full of gorgeous lyricism and imagery, to show readers the love, joy, resilience, and universality in the beauty of Blackness.
Blackness in Full
A lyrical picture-book celebration finds Blackness in everyday life, connection, invention, protest, and love.
Come here for
- Poetic language with tenderness and joyful conviction
- Images that hold resilience and love together
Expect
- A celebration of Blackness in its richness and nuance
- A picture book pairing lyricism with powerful, tender illustrations
Where it sits
| US: African American Stories | 44% |
|---|---|
| Stories in Verse | 35% |
| Diversity & Multicultural | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- US: African American Stories
- Self-Esteem & Resilience
- Stories in Verse
- Authors
- Theresa tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D.
- Publisher
- Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Published
- January 10, 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Blackness and identity · Joy and resilience · Family and connection
- Reading lane
- US: African American Stories