Brown Girl, Brown Girl, Lesle Honore
Brown Girl, Brown Girl, Lesle Honore
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Brown Girl, Brown Girl

Author: Leslé Honoré

Narrator: Leslé Honoré

Unabridged: 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/19/2024


Synopsis

This powerful and hopeful book—inspired by the historic election of Vice President Kamala Harris—celebrates brown and Black girls. 

Brown girl, brown girl, what did you see? 
A world that sees my skin before it sees me. 

Based on a viral poem by Blaxican poet and activist Leslé Honoré, and illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Cozbi A. Cabrera, this moving journey through the past, present, and future of brown and Black girls is a celebration of community, creativity, and joy—and offers a reminder of the history that inspires hope, and the hope that inspires activism.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carol on March 04, 2025

The illustrations are outstanding, my favorite one is of a black girl whose face shimmers with blues, purples, magenta and a lovely expression of hope. The poem inspires joy and a positive feeling about self. It is important for everyone to be able to read positive poems, stories about books of peop......more

Goodreads review by El W. on December 07, 2024

Goosebumps and chills and hope will run down your body and through your soul. A beautiful book.......more


Quotes

* "Honoré’s energetic poem-turned-picture book debut offers a contemplative call-and-response-style ode to brown girls everywhere.... In scene after scene, striking painterly acrylics by Caldecott Honoree Cabrera picture brown girls of myriad hair textures and skin tones joining together to dance, play, and stand tall."—Publishers Weekly, starred review