Empowering and validating, Your Life Matters reassures Black children everywhere that no matter what they hear, no matter what they experience, no matter what they're told, their lives matter. Written by national speaker Chris Singleton, who lost his own mother in the 2015 Charleston church shooting, Your Life Matters teaches kids to stand tall in the face of racial adversity and fight for the life they dream of. Each page depicts a famous hero from Black history mentoring a child of today and encouraging them to use their mind, heart, voice, and hands in that fight.
Hero-mentors in the book include: Maya Angelou, Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Aretha Franklin, Katherine Johnson, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglas, Mary McLeod Bethune, George Washington Carver, and others.
| ISBN: | 9781952239311 |
| Publication date: | 9th March 2021 |
| Author: | Chris Singleton |
| Illustrator: | Taylor Barron |
| Publisher: | Bushel & Peck Books an imprint of Hachette Book Group USA |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 32 pages |
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Children’s picture books |
Empowering and validating, Your Life Matters reassures Black children everywhere that no matter what they hear, no matter what they experience, no matter what they're told, their lives matter. Written by national speaker Chris Singleton, who lost his own mother in the 2015 Charleston church shooting, Your Life Matters teaches kids to stand tall in the face of racial adversity and fight for the life they dream of. Each page depicts a famous hero from Black history mentoring a child of today and encouraging them to use their mind, heart, voice, and hands in that fight.
Your Life Matters features in the following genres: Children’s picture books
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Your Life Matters was written by Chris Singleton and published by Bushel & Peck Books an imprint of Hachette Book Group USA
Your Life Matters has 32 pages