This inspiring picture book by New York Times bestselling author Bakari Sellers is a tribute to the family and community that help make us who we are. Perfect for sharing and gifting.
When you meet someone for the first time, they might ask, "Who are your people?" and "Where are you from?"
Children are shaped by their ancestors, and this book celebrates the village it takes to raise a child.
In the vein of I Am Enough and Eyes That Kiss in the Corners, this powerful picture book with beautiful illustrations by Reggie Brown is a joyful recognition of the people and places that help define young readers and adults alike.
Don't miss this picture book debut from Bakari Sellers, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller My Vanishing Country: A Memoir.---from the publisher
40 pages 978-0063082854 Ages 4-8
Keywords: cultural identity, heritage, family, community, finding yourself, belonging, being included, African American, African American author, Black and African American stories, 4 year old, 5 year old, 6 year old, 7 year old, 8 year old, diversity, diverse books, Social Emotional Learning SEL
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It's a custom down South to ask someone who are your people and where are you from. Interesting perspective considering how many of us live so far from relatives these days and our knowledge of our ancestry may go back one or perhaps two generations. Living in the present and creating our own life seems to be more to the point.
Bahari Sellers believes in raising up children - especially Black children - by teaching them that it takes a village to raise and child. In this book each child can look at his/her/their heritage as including a village of people that stretches back hundreds of years.
This is a village where the people stood up for their rights by sitting down at the lunch counters where people refused to serve them. The people of this village are strong and smart and they dreamed of things not yet seen. They imagined we could all be free.
The inheritance of the children of this village includes strength and dignity and wisdom. Another book that carries this even deeper is YOUR LEGACY.
Good books to empower our children and to invite all to see themselves as belonging to one world, one human race, with the potential to become their very best self no matter their last name, their country of origin or whether they know the names of those who came before them in their family tree. Be you and enjoy it!
Recommended by: Barb Langridge, abookandahug.com
