Girl of Mine
by Jabari Asim is a sweet story that depicts the magic of a father daughter relationship through twenty pages of delightful illustrations and rhyming words. It is a father's song to his daughter declaring his love and devotion, and it is a beautiful tribute to the special bond between father and daughter. Girl of Mine
is a board book, which is perfect for little hands, and the bright and colorful illustrations captivates the younger audience, while the enchanting rhymes evoke sweet emotions. The illustrations pictures an African American girl, and it is great to see a book for little ones that mirrors the multicultural and multiracial make up of America. About the Author
Jabari Asim is a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. He is the editor-in-chief of Crisis magazine, a journal published by the NAACP and founded by W.E.B. Du Bois in 1910. He is the author of the children's books Boy of Mine, Whose Toes are Those, Whose Knees Are These, and Daddy Goes To Work, and he is also the author of several adult non-fiction books including the acclaimed The N Word.
Author information from amazon.com
Author information from amazon.com
Title: Girl of Mine
Author: Jabari Asim
Illustrator: LeUyen Pham
Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Board book: 20 pages
Publisher: LB Kids; Brdbk edition (April 1, 2023)
Facebook: Jabari Asim
3 comments:
Love this blog already. We read hours upon hours when my girls were little! I have so many favorites. I'll enjoy following this.
Thank you Cheryl, I have been thinking about getting it started for so long, but I wanted to get it right. I still don't have the .com completely switched over yet.
Hi!
What a sweet sounding book!!!
Thank you for the review!!!
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