num_pages: 48
description: Based on Theresa Wilsons (a.k.a. Theresa tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D.s) beautiful viral spoken word poem of the same name You So Black is a picture book celebration of the richness the nuance and the joy of Blackness.Black is everywhere and in everything and in everyonein the night sky and the fertile soil below. Its in familial connections and invention in hands lifted in praise and voices lifted in protest and in hearts wide open and filled with love. Black is good.Accompanied by powerful yet tender illustrations by award-winning illustrator London Ladd Theresa tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D. has adapted her poem full of gorgeous lyricism and imagery to show readers the love joy resilience and universality in the beauty of Blackness.
language: English
title: You So Black
publisher: Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers