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Obuobi, Laura

What Love Looks Like

32 pp. | HarperCollins | June, 2024 | Trade ISBN 9780063222434 $19.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Anna Cunha. At bedtime, Afia, a young Black girl, is kept awake by a burning question: “Papa, what does love look like?” Papa leads her on a fantastical journey to a desert, mountaintop, seashore, and a forest, finding intimations of love in nature’s offerings. But only the realization that her bond with her father is the truest form of love brings her peace. Scumbled, painterly illustrations capture the liminal space between dozing and daydreaming. A tender portrayal of Black fatherhood.
Reviewer: Summer Edward

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