Hey You!: An empowering celebration of growing up Black

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Totally recommend this book, perfect for a gift, or to add to your child’s personal or school library. It was inspired by an editor asking the author, "When was the first time you felt empowered as a Black person--that you deeply believed you could live your dreams? Furthermore, Dapo Adeola’s words stir like Amanda Gorman’s The Hill We Climb, offering meaningful substance. It's a book to empower young, black readers to have confidence and believe in themselves and know they can achieve their dreams.

I believe that within a classroom, it is so important to have books written by authors who are from different ethnic backgrounds and identify as a range of different gender identities or sexualities and represent different communities such as POC, LGBTQ+ and people with disabilities. This beautiful book also serves as a brilliant directory of work from Black illustrators, enabling parents to look up their other books, or keep an eye out for their work in the future.A series of clever and witty illustrations matched with informative text guides the reader through a series of situations where they might encounter prejudice, and how to form strategies to overcome a situation before it becomes a problem. Tenk å få lese den i klasserommet og gi en tale og innsikt til å det å være en minoritet, for det er ikke alltid lett. Payments made using National Book Tokens are processed by National Book Tokens Ltd, and you can read their Terms and Conditions here. Notice to Internet Explorer users Server security: Please note Internet Explorer users with versions 9 and 10 now need to enable TLS 1. Emma Perry is a children's book author, a teacher, the founder of MyBookCorner and organiser of International Book Giving Day.

This book addresses – honestly, yet hopefully – the experiences Black children face growing up with systemic racism, as well as providing hope for the future, delivering a powerful message to a new generation of dreamers.What’s more we are reminded of the many different people we meet across our lifetime, the friendships we will make and love we will share. As an adult I LOVE this book, but I also struggle with books aimed at children that require the social, political, and historical background knowledge of adults. She likes the fact that illustrations are the first things that entice the reader to engage with a book and is inspired by the use of vibrant colour. It is a story told from the point of view of a parent and it is full of inspirational messages of love and hope for young, Black children. She has collaborated with a number of publishers such as Walker Books, Candlewick Press, Penguin RandomHouse (Ladybird Books, Puffin Books), Scholastic UK, Otter-Barry Books, CLPE, Booktrust, Open University, Knightsof, Cassava Republic, Rebel Girls.