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You So Black

Name: You So Black
ISBN: 9781665900348

Hardcover – Picture Book, January 10, 2023

Theresa tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D.

Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers · Hardcover · January 10, 2023

Reading lane: African American Life (U.S.)

Based on Theresa Wilson’s (a.k.a.

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Why This Clicks

Blackness in Full

A lyrical picture-book celebration finds Blackness in everyday life, connection, invention, protest, and love.

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Poetic language with tenderness and joyful conviction
Images that hold resilience and love together

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A celebration of Blackness in its richness and nuance
A picture book pairing lyricism with powerful, tender illustrations

Book Details

Authors: Theresa tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D.
Publisher: Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: January 10, 2023
Format: Hardcover
Theme: African American Life (U.S.) · US: African American Stories
Reading lane: African American Life (U.S.)

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US: African American Stories
Self-Esteem & Resilience
Stories in Verse

About This Book

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Based on Theresa Wilson’s (a.k.a. Theresa tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D.’s) beautiful, viral spoken word poem of the same name, You So Black is a picture book celebration of the richness, the nuance, and the joy of Blackness. Black is everywhere, and in everything, and in everyone—in the night sky and the fertile soil below. It’s in familial connections and invention, in hands lifted in praise and voices lifted in protest, and in hearts wide open and filled with love. Black is good. Accompanied by powerful yet tender illustrations by award-winning illustrator London Ladd, Theresa tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D. has adapted her poem, full of gorgeous lyricism and imagery, to show readers the love, joy, resilience, and universality in the beauty of Blackness.