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88 pp.
| Little |
December, 2017 |
TradeISBN 978-0-316-47511-2$16.99
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EbookISBN 978-0-316-51543-6
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K-3
What aesthetically appears to be a collective picture-book biography for young children is probably better suited to slightly older kids; the one-page vignettes of famous black women are in small, densely packed print. Each woman is interchangeably illustrated with down-glancing posture and distinguishable only by hair and clothing--per Harrison's introduction, for the reader "to see yourself in any one of them." Reading list, websites.