
Today we’re excited to reveal the cover for Young, Gifted, and Black, Too by Jamia Wilson, illustrated by Andrea Pippins! The book will be released in April 2023 by Quarto Kids. Preorder it here.
Five years on from 2018’s bestselling Young, Gifted, and Black, meet 52 more icons of color in Young, Gifted, and Black, Too!
Featuring the stories of recent changemakers such as Amanda Gorman and Naomi Osaka, as well as historic talents such as Juan Latino and Yaa Asantewaa, Jamia Wilson has curated a new selection of inspiring Black icons illustrated by Andrea Pippins’ colorful and celebratory artwork.
Covering 52 figures, the book is ideal for educators and homeschoolers studying Black excellence, structuring a program around one new figure a week. Biographies are ordered chronologically, and the range of figures showcases an even more global selection in line with the movement towards decolonizing our history and curricula, including people like Toussaint Louverture, Olaudah Equiano, Coretta Scott King, Fela Kuti, Aretha Franklin, Angela Davis, Bob Marley, Laverne Cox, Lewis Hamilton and Naomi Osaka.
Strong, courageous, talented and diverse, these extraordinary men and women’s achievements will inspire a new generation to chase their dream… whatever it may be.
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