You Are My Pride: A Love Letter from Your Motherland (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781635923872)

In this powerfully written and beautifully illustrated picture book by award-winning author and illustrator team Carole Boston Weatherford and E. B. Lewis, Mother Africa addresses her offspring of all colors in all corners of the earth, reminding us of our timeless bond.

Written in the voice of Mother Africa, who speaks to her children--human beings--this stunning picture book thrums with the love between mother and child as it celebrates humanity's common roots.

Before words or tools or fire, Mother Africa's caves sheltered us and her forests fed us. She could not protect us from all dangers, but, like mothers everywhere, she gave her children all she could and sent us into the world with confidence and love. Told in the ringing, singing language of a creation story, this book is a love letter from mother to child that honors our shared history.

Includes back matter with nonfiction information about human evolution and about the migration of Homo sapiens from Africa around the globe.

Author: Carole Boston Weatherford
ISBN-10: 1635923875
ISBN-13: 9781635923872
Publisher: Astra Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 01/10/2023
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.80w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2023
Booklist 02/01/2023 pg. 60
Publishers Weekly 05/29/2023
School Library Journal 12/08/2023 pg. 1