Pub Date: October 18, 2022
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2022013007
Lexile Code: 0540
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 04 to 08
Physical Info: 0.50" H x 9.00" L x 11.20" W ( 0.90 lbs) 40 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice Racism and Colorism | African American and Black | General
Description: 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.
Brief description: 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.
Review Quotes: Guaranteed to spark a discussion about the issues everyone should be talking about. KQG --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "10/2022"