Vanessa Brantley Newton ist eine Künstlerin, deren Werk von einer Vintage-Ästhetik durchdrungen ist, wobei sie sich besonders von Mode und Büchern aus den 1940er bis 1960er Jahren inspirieren lässt. Ihre Illustrationen, eine Mischung aus skurril und raffiniert, zeichnen sich oft durch Mixed Media, Collagen und handgeschriebene Schriftzüge aus. Geboren während der Bürgerrechtsbewegung und aufgewachsen in einer vielfältigen Gemeinschaft, lernte sie die tiefgreifende Bedeutung von Akzeptanz und Ermächtigung. Ein Wendepunkt, als sie sich zum ersten Mal in einem Kinderbuch wiederfand, inspirierte sie zu ihrem Engagement für inklusive Darstellung, um sicherzustellen, dass sich Kinder aller Hintergründe gesehen und gestärkt fühlen. Durch ihre Kunst, die vom Rhythmus und der Freude der Musik – einer lebenslangen Leidenschaft, die in ihrer Familie kultiviert wurde – durchdrungen ist, feiert sie Selbstliebe und kulturelle Akzeptanz mit dem Ziel, junge Leser zu inspirieren, ihre eigenen einzigartigen Stimmen zu finden und auszudrücken.
Hier kommt Empowerment in Form von kleinen Gedichten und Kurzgeschichten für Mädchen: Mädchen, die sich ihren Gefühlen stellen, die glücklich, traurig, oder stark sind; Mädchen, die ihre Körper lieben und Mädchen, die das nicht tun; Mädchen vom Land, Mädchen aus der Stadt und alle haben ihre ganz eigenen Träume! Als Forscherinnen erobern sie die Welt! Kräftig leuchtende Farben und starke Texte laden dazu ein, sich selbst und einander zu finden.
A lyrical, heart-lifting love letter to black and brown children everywhere.
A lyrical, heart-lifting love letter to black and brown childreneverywhere.
In this semi-autobiographical debut novel set in 1983, Vanessa Martin s real-life reality of living with family in public housing in Newark, New Jersey is a far cry from the glamorous Miss America stage. She struggles with an incarcerated mother she barely remembers, a grandfather dealing with addiction and her own battle with self-confidence. But when a new teacher at school coordinates a beauty pageant and convinces Vanessa to enter, Vanessa s view of her own world begins to change.
A heartwarming picture book about how one little girl's unique beauty has been growing for generations in her family tree. Anyiaka is in awe of her gorgeous Gullah Geechee family—she wants to be beautiful like her older sister, Sorie, a great listener like her mom, and a talented artist like her grandma. But on today's visit to her grandparents’ house, Anyiaka sticks out from the rest of the family like a sore thumb. She can't seem to do anything right, and a trip to Grandma's art studio confirms just how different she is from the rest of the family. But Grandma’s artwork—a special set of nesting dolls—also shows that what’s on the outside doesn’t always tell the whole story. While they may be distinct, together, her family’s beauty and inner strength have deep roots that have been growing within each of them for generations.
Fallon is going to the market with Maman. She ties her hair in a sun-yellow mouchwa, and places the panye carefully on her head. Fallon's toes tingle, she takes few few steps towards the door, and, BOOM!, the panye falls on the floor. 'Little by little the bird builds its nest,' Maman says, 'not everything is learned fast.' As they walk past colourful walls under swirls of blue, cloudless sky, Maman carries the panye still on her head, graceful and strong. At the market, they buy their dinner, filling the panye with all kinds of fruits and vegetables. Then, as the sun dances across the sky, it's time to go home, and time for Fallon to try once again to carry the panye. Will she be able to hold her head, graceful and strong, like Maman?
Discover the incredible story of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who followed her childhood dream of becoming a lawyer and eventually became the first Black woman to sit on the US Supreme Court in this picture book biography. After 232 years and 115 appointments, Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson became the first Black woman appointed to serve on the US Supreme Court. With Tami Charles’s sweeping lyricism and Jemma Skidmore’s unforgettable illustrations, readers learn about the narratives that have shaped the Justice’s life, and how this historic moment will be impressed upon the minds of the young dreamers of the future.
For readers of Alma and How She Got Her Name and The King of Kindergarten, this story will help kids just starting school transform from timid caterpillars into beautiful butterflies so they can love who they are.On Vanessa’s first day of school, her parents tell her it will be easy to make friends. Vanessa isn’t so sure. She wears her fanciest outfit so her new classmates will notice her right away. They notice, but the attention isn’t what she’d hoped for. As the day goes on, she feels more self-conscious. Her clothes are too bright, her feather boa has way too many feathers, and even her name is too hard to write.The next day, she picks out a plain outfit, and tells her mom that her name is too long. She just wants to blend in, with a simple name like the other girls—why couldn’t her parents have named her Megan or Bella? But when her mother tells her the meaning behind her name, it gives her the confidence she needs to introduce her classmates to the real Vanessa.
A ripped-from-the-headlines novel of ambition, music, and innocence lost, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Jason Reynolds! Be bold. Get seen. Be Heard. For seventeen-year-old Denver, music is everything. Writing, performing, and her ultimate goal: escaping her very small, very white hometown. So Denver is more than ready on the day she and her best friends Dali and Shak sing their way into the orbit of the biggest R&B star in the world, Sean "Mercury" Jones. Merc gives them everything: parties, perks, wild nights -- plus hours and hours in the recording studio. Even the painful sacrifices and the lies the girls have to tell are all worth it. Until they're not. Denver begins to realize that she's trapped in Merc's world, struggling to hold onto her own voice. As the dream turns into a nightmare, she must make a choice: lose her big break, or get broken. Inspired by true events, Muted is a fearless exploration of the dark side of the music industry, the business of exploitation, how a girl's dreams can be used against her -- and what it takes to fight back.
Who is the greatest tennis player of all time?This stunning book, filled to the brim with colour photographs and interesting information, picks Serena Williams!