THE LIGHT SHE FEELS INSIDE
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How will Maya create a brighter world? By learning to honor her glowing feelings, just like Black women have done throughout history!
Maya feels a warm glow when she picks strawberries in the community garden, hears music in her neighborhood, or spends time with the people she loves.
She feels a different kind of glow when she gets pushed down on the playground, overhears her family worrying about bills, and sees her favorite cousin stopped by police. Sometimes that glowing seems like too much to carry.
But Maya is learning that others feel the same glowing light. Black women throughout history, like Ida B. Wells, Nina Simone, June Jordan, and Maya's own ancestors, found ways to honor these glowing feelings. They were guided by their light to make a difference. The light Maya feels inside is an important part of her that she'll share as she works toward a brighter world.
Publication Date: October 3, 2023 Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Illustrator: Olivia Duchess Print ISBN: 978-1728239798
PRAISE FOR THE LIGHT SHE FEELS INSIDE
2023 Northern Lights Book Award
2024 Notable Social Studies Trade Book List
2024 Miami Dade Public Library Staff Pick
2024 Skipping Stones Book Award
2024 Kansas NEA Reading Circle Recommended Title
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"A nuanced, community-oriented story about sharing your light and transforming the world... A must-have for an empowering classroom library."
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE
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"A child-friendly ode to the communities we belong to and those that belong to us. It's a picture book that opens a dialogue about difficult-to-name feelings, and refreshingly shows how the example of history and ancestry can help kids to restore a sense of purpose, inspiration, and joy in their own lives."
RIO CORTEZ, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ABC’S BLACK HISTORY
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"Sure to light up young readers—and encourage them to help make the world a better place."
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