Girls on the Rise Children's Black & African American Story Books be a crying shoulder for

be a crying shoulder for those who yearn for someone to listen

A beignet from Café du Monde in New Orleans

But long before his face was painted onto countless murals and his name became synonymous with civil rights

Amaka is desperate to escape the chaos she left behind at home and hiding a spiraling shopping addiction that’s endangering her very sense of self

neighborhood she grew up in

Girls on the Rise Children's Black & African American Story Books be a crying shoulder forAn electrifying new picture book by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman Who are we? We are a billion voices, bright and brave; we are light, standing together in the fight. Girls are strong and powerful alone, but even stronger when they work to uplift one another. In this galvanizing original poem by presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman, girls and girlhood are celebrated in their many forms, all