Black Girl, Black Girl

PreS-Gr 2–Told in verse, this book celebrates notable Black women throughout history. A Black girl sits with a quilt in her lap while her mother does the girl’s hair for the day. The wall of the girl’s room is covered in inspirational quotes from Maya Angelou and Michelle Obama. Referencing the quilt, and the brilliant Black women featured on it, the mother also gives her daughter words of encouragement. The quilt transforms into a path that the mother and daughter take where they encounter many of the women sewn into its fabric. From Kamala Harris to Miriam Makeba, aka Mama Africa, each woman is a source of inspiration and a reminder that anything can be accomplished. Readers may be familiar with some of the women and their accomplishments and there will be others that they’ll be introduced to for the first time. Digitally illustrated drawings, which have a painted texture, showcase Black women of varying skin tones and body types. There’s more information about each woman in the back matter.