A gorgeously illustrated picture book that is a powerful love letter to chosen families and the village that raises us. A young girl basks in...

A gorgeously illustrated picture book that is a powerful love letter to chosen families and the village that raises us. A young girl basks in the love of her community--which includes not only her mother but the many different women who make up her world.

Home can be a blue house with white trim you share with your mama. But it can be bigger than that, with lots of Big Mamas to take care of you when your mom works--different houses for every day of the week. Mondays mean Nurse Louella and bike riding. Tuesdays mean eating fufu with your fingers with Miss Zikora. And Wednesdays . . . well, no matter where you are, as long as you are with your Big Mamas, you are home.

A girl basks in the warmth of her community in this powerful love letter to chosen families and the villages that raise us, from Pushcart Prize-winning author Shay Youngblood and popular illustrator Lo Harris.

Author: Shay Youngblood
Publisher: Make Me a World
Published: 10/18/2022
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 10.20h x 10.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780593180228
Audience: Ages 4-8


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2022
Booklist 10/01/2022 pg. 67
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2022
School Library Journal 10/28/2022 pg. 1

About the Author
Georgia-born writer Shay Youngblood is author of the novels Black Girl in Paris and Soul Kiss (Riverhead Books) and a collection of short fiction, The Big Mama Stories (Firebrand Books). Her plays have been widely produced. She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including a Pushcart Prize for fiction. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Brown University and has taught Creative Writing at NYU. She currently lives in Atlanta.

Lo Harris is an illustrator and motion designer based in Brooklyn, New York. She grew up in Bessemer, Alabama and, from the time her family had a computer, she would spend hours on Microsoft Paint. She currently works as an Associate Animator at NBC News Digital, and has previously done work for The New York Times, Bustle and The Chicago Reporter. Lo seeks to creates work that empowers women through celebrations of self-love, self-compassion and sisterhood.