For fans of I Am Enough, The Day You Begin, and The Wonderful Things You Will Be, here is a poignant picture book about how family and community help shape the wonderful people our children become. My child, my little one, Who will you be when you are grown? There's loving kindness in your eyes, like your daddy'sand boldness in your heart, like your grandma's.Will you be like them? So begins this loving picture book about a mama who wonders who her child will grow up to be. Will her little one be curious like Grandpa and adventurous like Auntie Amina? Compassionate like Amy and joyful like cousin Curlena? Moving from family members to the wider community, she muses about which attributes her child will possess. A perfect gift for a baby shower, birthday, or graduation
. Who Will You Be? features gorgeous artwork and gentle words that celebrate childhood and is an ode to the power of our village--and a reminder that every child is uniquely wonderful.
On sale: April 7, 2020
Age: 3-6 years
Grade: Up to Kindergarten
Page count: 40 Pages
ISBN: 9781984849489
Reading level: Lexile: AD430L | Fountas/Pinnell: K
Andrea Pippins is the creator of the coloring book
I Love My Hair and the interactive book
Becoming Me: A Work in Progress and the illustrator of
Young, Gifted and Black, which received multiple starred reviews and which the
New York Times called "hard to resist." She is an influencer, an artist, a designer, and an educator with a penchant for cool and a personality as warm as her Brazilian roots. Her work can be seen in magazines and on television as well as on clothing and stationery. She also produces digital and screen-printed artwork in which she explores color, pattern, and texture while interpreting her personal experiences as an African American woman. Andrea lives in Stockholm, Sweden, where you can often find her dancing in her living room with the samba music way up. Learn more at andreapippins.com.
"
A perfectly executed paean to individuality, each child's potential, and the power of leading by example.”
—Booklist, starred review
"This
warm and engaging title captures a parent’s wonder as she ponders the person her baby will grow up to become. . . .
Highly recommended as a gift for new parents."
—School Library Journal, starred review
“A sweet work that
promotes love and belonging.”
—Kirkus Reviews
