Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
Description
Featuring 40 trailblazing black women in the world’s history. This book educates and inspires readers with true stories of women who broke boundaries and exceeded all expectations.
Vashti Harrison pairs captivating text with stunning illustrations as she tells the stories of both iconic and lesser-known female figures of black history.
Meet the Little Leaders. They’re brave. They’re bold. They changed the world.
“This one is for shelves everywhere. Read it with all your sons and daughters and share it far and wide” Picture Books Blogger
This is the story of Adebisi, a brave African huntress who sets out for the Jungle of the Pigmies to rescue her four brothers. Along the way, she conquers a giant, serves as the barber to a king and endures the horrors of the pigmies’ prison. Yet she will not give up. By employing her strength and intelligence, she finds a way to release her brothers and returns home to a hero’s welcome.
Yoruba legend and culture were the source of much of Amos Tutuola’s writing and the stories collected here are no exception. They feature characters from folklore, archetypal figures from Yoruba society, supernatural or magical happenings, acute human observation and often a moral point. Their very titles – from ‘The Duckling Brothers and their Disobedient Sister’ to ‘Don’t Pay Bad for Bad’ – are evocative of a unique blend of tradition and imagination, which belongs to the same universal culture as Aesop and the Brothers Grimm.
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