Black Is a Rainbow Color

Dream Street

Saving American Beach

Ways to Grow Love

Maya's Song

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

The Stuff of Stars

Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills

A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson.In this semi-autobiographical collection of poems, Renée Watson writesabout her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class, and gender.Using a variety of poetic forms, from haiku to free verse, Watson shares recollections of her childhood in Portland, tender odes to the Black women in her life, and urgent calls for Black girls to step into their power.Black Girl You Are Atlas encourages young readers to embrace their future with a strong sense of sisterhood and celebration. With full-color art by celebrated fine artist Ekua Holmes throughout, this collection offers guidance and is a gift for anyone who reads it.

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Black Is a Rainbow Color

Ekua Holmes, Angela Joy, 2020

Dream Street

Ekua Holmes, Tricia Elam Walker, 2020

Saving American Beach

Ekua Holmes, Heidi Tyline King, 2021

Ways to Grow Love

Renée Watson, 2021

Maya's Song

Bryan Collier, Renée Watson, Vicki B. Williamson, 2022

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

Nikkolas Smith, Renée Watson, Nikole Hannah-Jones, 2021

The Stuff of Stars

Marion Dane Bauer, Ekua Holmes, 2018

Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills

Renée Watson, 2012