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Art from A Girl Like Me, illustrations by Nina Crews, written by Angela Johnson. Collage of girl swi

A Girl Like Me

  • CCBC Choices 2021
  • New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2020
  • Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best 2020 Informational Books for Younger Readers
  • Horn Fanfare 2020  
  • Brown Bookshelf African American Children's Book Project's Best Picture Books of 2020 
  • Black Caucus of the ALA for the 2020 Best of the Best Booklist
  • 2021 Rise: A Feminist Book Project List 
  • Horn Book Calling Caldecott Selection  2020


I am so pleased to have illustrated this wonderful poem by Coretta Scott King and MacArthur Prize winner Angela Johnson. A celebration of the power of girls that encourages them to embrace their dreams and more!

“A blithe celebration of individuality, guts, and sisterhood.” – Publisher’s Weekly


Find out more about the creation of this book:

A Girl Like Me: Creating Photocollage Illustrations

A Fuse 8 Production: Talking with Nina Crews and Angela Johnson

Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast

A GIRL LIKE ME

Text © 2004 Angela Johnson, Illustrations © 2020 Nina Crews, Millbrook Press, 2020, ISBN:9781541557772

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