Books by Rafael López (Illustrator)
“This beautifully and brightly illustrated book is about a little girl entering into a new world. It could be a classroom or it could be anything. It features this beautiful African American girl with big, beautiful hair, talking about her expectations about entering someplace new and her thoughts about how she might be received. She eventually figures out how to make herself seen and heard. I read The Day You Begin at the beginning of my first grade year and leave the book prominently displayed through the year, because it captures what a lot of children go through as they experience new things. We all experience so many similar things and yet we each bring a different perspective, different expectations and different fears.” Read more...
The Best Antiracist Books for Kids
Paula Young Shelton, Children's Author
Interviews where books by Rafael López (Illustrator) were recommended
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In Your Hands
by Brian Pinkney (Illustrator) & Carole Boston Weatherford -
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The Day You Begin
by Jacqueline Woodson & Rafael López (Illustrator) -
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I Am Enough
by Grace Byers & Keturah Bobo (Illustrator) -
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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
by John Steptoe -
5
Milo's Museum
by Purple Wong (Illustrator) & Zetta Elliott
The Best Antiracist Books for Kids, recommended by Paula Young Shelton
The Best Antiracist Books for Kids, recommended by Paula Young Shelton
Understanding the African American experience is not just about learning about suffering, it’s also about celebrating a vibrant culture and its roots across the millennia. Paula Young Shelton, author of Child of the Civil Rights Movement, recommends the best antiracist books for kids.
