The Horn Book Guide

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Wilson, Jamia

Young, Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present

64 pp. | Quarto/Wide Eyed | February, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-78603-158-7 $22.99

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Andrea Pippins. In this "love letter...to the next generation of black changemakers" (per the book's welcome note), stylish digitally colored ink portraits illustrate fifty-two brief bios of black subjects; the person's iconic (unsourced) quotations appear in bold. The selections vary widely in era, nationality, background, and occupation, but the connecting factors are talent and willingness to work hard as a child. A "Hall of Fame" with photos is appended. Glos.

Reviewer: Christina Dorr