Recognize!: An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life

Hardback

Main Details

Title Recognize!: An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Wade Hudson
By (author) Cheryl Willis Hudson
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:160
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 139
ISBN/Barcode 9780593381595
ClassificationsDewey:305.896073
Audience
Children / Juvenile
Illustrations 8-page colour insert

Publishing Details

Publisher Random House USA Inc
Imprint Crown Books for Young Readers
Publication Date 12 October 2021
Publication Country United States

Description

In the stunning follow-up to The Talk- Conversations About Race, Love & Truth, award-winning Black authors and artists come together to create a moving anthology collection celebrating Black love, Black creativity, Black resistance, and Black life. "A multifaceted, sometimes disheartening, yet consistently enriching primer on the unyielding necessity of those three words- Black Lives Matter." -Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review BLACK LIVES HAVE ALWAYS MATTERED. Prominent Black creators lend their voice, their insight, and their talent to an inspiring anthology that celebrates Black culture and Black life. Essays, poems, short stories, and historical excerpts blend with a full-color eight-page insert of spellbinding art to capture the pride, prestige, and jubilation that is being Black in America. In these pages, find the stories of the past, the journeys of the present, and the light guiding the future. BLACK LIVES WILL ALWAYS MATTER.

Author Biography

Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson are the co-founders of Just Us Books, Inc. For over thirty years they have published, written, and collaborated on books that reflect the diversity of Black history, heritage, and experiences, including the treasury collections We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices, which received four starred reviews and was a Jane Addams Peace Association Honor Book, and The Talk, which was a New York Times, NPR, New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, and Center for Multicultural Literature Best Book of the Year. The husband-wife team live in East Orange, NJ. @hudsonwade @diversitymom_ch

Reviews

"A multifaceted, sometimes disheartening, yet consistently enriching primer on the unyielding necessity of those three words: Black Lives Matter." -Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review An empowering, powerful compendium that asserts how "Black lives matter./ Black lives have always mattered." Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "Equal parts inspirational and gut-wrenching, this collection has a range of audiences and purposes. It can be used in class discussions, for pleasure reading, or as rallying cry for change." -School Library Journal, Starred Review