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Hey Black Child

By: Useni Eugene Perkins, Bryan Collier - illustrator
Narrated by: Pe'Tehn Raighn-Kem Jackson
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Publisher's Summary

Six-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor recipient Bryan Collier brings this classic, inspirational poem to life, written by poet Useni Eugene Perkins.

Hey black child,

Do you know who you are?

Who really are?

Do you know you can be

What you want to be

If you try to be

What you can be?

This lyrical, empowering poem celebrates Black children and seeks to inspire all young people to dream big and achieve their goals.

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©2017 Useni Eugene Perkins (P)2017 Hachette Audio

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