Durr
“Is your hair like mine?”
Weatherford
Carole Boston Weatherford writes the diverse books she lacked as a child. She is a New York Times bestselling author and a two-time NAACP Image Award winner. Since her 1995 debut, she has authored seventy-plus books including nine Coretta Scott King Award winners, a Newbery Honor Book, and four Caldecott Honor Books. She is a professor at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. Currently she is working on several new books, including a companion title to Hair Like Obama’s, Hands Like LeBron’s featuring amazing Black women. Learn more at cbweatherford.com.
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Inspired by the famous White House photograph of five-year-old Jacob Philadelphia touching then-President Barack Obama’s hair, Carole Boston Weatherford’s powerful text— illuminated by Savanna Durr’s warm, jeweltoned art—is an ode to all the things that
Savanna Durr is an illustrator and art teacher based in Richmond, Virginia. She primarily illustrates digitally and loves adding textures and vibrant colors to her work. She has spent her life being inspired by animated movies, cartoons, and children’s books. She focuses on creating representation within her work in the hope that others can look at her art and see themselves. Learn more at sdurrart.com.
make Black and Brown kids beautiful, strong, resilient, and powerful. From jazz great John Coltrane to astronaut and engineer Guion Bluford to civil rights lawyer Benjamin Crump,
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this picture book is a celebration of Black history and excellence.
JACKET ILLUSTRATIONS © 2024 SAVANNA DURR JACKET © 2024 ABRAMS JACKET DESIGN BY MELISSA NELSON GREENBERG
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Carole Boston Weatherford Illustrated by Savanna Durr
Written by Coretta Scott King Award Winner
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