Big /
Vashti Harrison.
- First edition.
- 64 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
8 pages printed on double leaves.
"Once there was a girl. She had a big heart and very big dreams. And it was good. Until it wasn't. The first picture book written and illustrated by award-winning and bestselling creator Vashti Harrison traces a child's journey to self-love and shows the power of words to both hurt and heal. With spare text and exquisite illustrations, this emotional exploration of being big in a world that prizes small is a tender portrayal of how you can stand out and feel invisible at the same time." -- Dust jacket Praised for acting like a big girl when she is small, as a young girl grows, "big" becomes a word of criticism, until the girl realizes that she is fine just the way she is.
Ages 4-8. Little, Brown and Company.
Caldecott Medal, 2024 Coretta Scott King Author Honor, 2024 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, 2024
0316353221 9780316353229
2021034390
African American girls--Juvenile fiction. Body size--Juvenile fiction. Identity (Psychology)--Juvenile fiction Physical-appearance-based bias--Juvenile fiction. Self-acceptance--Juvenile fiction Self-confidence--Juvenile fiction Body size--Fiction. Growth--Fiction. Self-acceptance--Fiction.