Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
Featuring 18 trailblazing black women in American history, Dream Big, Little One is the irresistible board book adaptation of Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History.
Among these women, you'll find heroes, role models, and everyday women who did extraordinary things - bold women whose actions and beliefs contributed to making the world better for generations of girls and women to come. Whether they were putting pen to paper, soaring through the air or speaking up for the rights of others, the women profiled in these pages were all taking a stand against a world that didn't always accept them.
The leaders in this book may be little, but they all did something big and amazing, inspiring generations to come.
Reviews (209)
Representation matters
I bought this for my friend's daughter, who is white. I'm white and I never had books about black leaders growing up. I think it is utterly important for white kids to learn about how black people have contributed to our culture. I never learned much about that in school as a kid. Teaching kids from a young age conditions them to see all people as equally capable and deserving of respect. Representation matters. She loves the book and loves sharing what she's learned from it with other students in her class.
Adorable illustrations, even better mini bios
I purchased this book for my daughter not realizing the bios were as in-depth as they are. I say the illustrations and sort of assumed it was a book geared toward a younger crowd. I’m so glad that I was wrong. The bios included in the book range from women I’d heard of and studied to women I was glad to be learning about. While the bios are in-depth and include complex words, my toddler will sit two to three bios at a time. And I know as she gets older she’ll sit through more and we can discus both the history (and the new vocabulary). I love it. I hope to see more from Vashti Harrison soon.
Great product!
Beautiful illustrations with a one page summary of each woman's life. Covers more women than I anticipated, which is a bonus. I love that there is a book covering women from Black history all in one place. I want my four girls growing up to know about women of all races and time periods that have made a difference, not just white girls/women who look like them. I think for women to really move forward in our world, we all (men and women) need to understand all women and their unique contributions in their unique spheres, so thank you Vashti Harrison for providing this beautiful, informative, and well done product so we can have this learning tool in our home for my girls to grow up reading these women's stories. I included an example of what each Bio page is like. So cute and beautiful and easy to read!
Everything about this book is BEAUTIFUL
I’m a 28 year old woman and I bought this book for myself! I am completely in love with how soft the cover is and the illustrations are beautiful! This book was needed! I really really hope the author comes out with a book about Bold Men in Black History also
Excellent! Starting at the back for a 5 year old.
I preordered and was bursting with excitement to come home to the package on release day. My just turned 5 year old and I both loved the size, quality, and illustrations of "girls who are brown like me." We decided to read about one of these women each night at bedtime. I tried to start at the beginning, but we haven't yet talked about slavery and I shudder to explain its horrors to my precious little girl, so I decided to start at the back (Dominique Dawes, gymnast). This reverse historical order seems to resonate well with a young child. I like the encyclopedic style, with each narrative standing on its own. There is enough said about each woman's childhood to which a little girl can connect. Excellent work! We are proud to have this addition to our home library. Thank you, Vashti.
Great for Older Kids
Let me start off by saying that this is a very nice book. The illustrations are quite cute and have an endearing quality about them. This includes a very nice selection of black women. This goes way beyond Harriet Tubman and Maya Angelou(allthough they are included) and introduces many women who you will never learn about in K-12 education. However, I would not recommend this to younger children because its not written in a way that is engaging to them. As much as my 5 year old loves these illustrations, the writing just doesn’t excite her or keep her attention.
Good Job Vashti!
Great great great illustrations and content for my beautiful black princess. I didn’t get to fully review the book, but it was captivated and kept turning pages to the point you thought I bought it for myself. I was thoroughly pleased with what I seen, so much I copped one for the homie and his daughter. If you purchase this book, you will not be disappointed. There have been only two things I have preordered in the past five years: J. Cole - For Your Eyes Only and this book. So far 2 for 2 on this preorder tip! -Be Easy
An absolute GEM!
Hands down this is one of the cutest and most fulfilling purchases that I have made for my little girl. The illustrations are heartwarming and beautiful, but the information on each of the inspiring leaders is awe inspiring. It's such a great way to teach my little one about the potential she has in her life. I'm planning on gifting it to all of my friends who are expecting babies and have little ones at home.
Lots of info, very little of human stories
My 7 year-old daughter wanted to know more about African American history, because she's in a very diverse school and has several close friends of color. I got her this and a few other highly rated titles of the same ilk. While the bios are thorough on the facts, there's little to nothing of the stories of these notable women, which my kids at least would be more interested in then a list of honors and awards they've won. Even a meaningful quotation or two from each, as in some other books we have of this kind, would give a greater sense of their unique humanity.
Inappropriate for little kids read ahead
I really wanted to love this book, I really did. The animation was cute and I’d hoped it be inspiring for my kids. But it’s actually written as a short bio’s that gloss over the accomplishments of these fine women of color while putting more weight on the ongoing fight, although this a reality in my honest opinion as a women of color I would have really loved it if the focus was “in spite of the difficulties “. Also what was quite disturbing was the reading about Alice walker being molested as a child . In a book that’s geared towards young children. I had read her bio as a young lady but don’t see how this is appropriate for 4 and 7 year olds to hear about. Bottom line the illustration are great but bio’s where lacking. I’m keeping the book because it believe in supporting black authors. However I wouldn’t recommend it
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