Useni Eugene Perkins is a distinguished poet, playwright, and youth worker. He is the author of Harvesting New Generations: The Positive Development of Black Youth; Home is a Dirty Street: The Social Oppression of Black Children; and Black Fairy and Other Plays. He currently lives in Chicago.Bryan Collier has illustrated more than twenty-five picture books, including the award-winning Trombone Shorty, Dave the Potter, and Knock Knock: My Father's Dream for Me, as well as City Shapes, and Fifty Cents and a Dream, and has received four Caldecott Honors and six Coretta Scott King Awards. He lives with his wife and children in Marlboro, New York.
Praise for Hey Black Child:
A School Library Journal Top 20 Books of the Year Pick
* "This book dazzles in every way and is bound to inspire so many
more viral videos of black children speaking their abundant futures
into existence. All black children need to know Perkins' prideful
poem, possibly by heart, because it's really that doggone
good."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
* "Collier's characteristic watercolor-and-collage masterpieces
bring joy and gravity to Perkins's inspirational poem. With a
compelling rhythm that begs for recitation, the verse celebrates
the power and potential of black children... A rousing celebration
and call to action, this book is a great choice for every
library."--School Library Journal, starred review
* "Perkins's poem has always made for a stirring recitation; new
and old fans will find that Collier's images do full justice to
it."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
"The punchy text and the invigorating art make this a wonderful
choice for story hours or classroom discussion where children can
voice their own dreams."--Booklist
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