When We Say Black Lives Matter

by Maxine Beneba Clarke

Book Overview

In a powerful, poetic missive, award-winning author-illustrator Maxine Beneba Clarke celebrates the meaning behind the words Black Lives Matter.

Little one, when we say Black Lives Matter,
we're saying Black people are wonderful-strong.
That we deserve to be treated with basic respect,
and that history's done us wrong. . . .

Darling, when we sing that Black Lives Matter,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1536222380
• ISBN13: 9781536222388
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.8" x 12.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3