Description
From United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo and Pura Belpré Award–winning illustrator Adriana Garcia: a luminous benediction for a girl’s journey through life, and a celebration of our connections to the world around us.
A baby girl is welcomed to the breathing world by generations of her family and set on the magnificent journey of becoming. As she grows, she is reminded of her connections to the natural world; to her family, her ancestors, her neighbors; to the source of all magic and sorrow—and of her responsibility to uphold and honor those connections.
With US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s transcendent verse and Pura Belpré Award winner Adriana Garcia’s monumental illustrations, For a Girl Becoming acts as a blessing and a harbinger for a young girl’s life—and reminds those of us who still stand at the door of becoming that it is our relationships with nature and with each other that carry us through it.
Reviews
"Visualizing Indigenous traditions and underlining values of family and interdependence, it’s a profoundly loving blessing of a book for anyone in a place of becoming." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"An empowering and fiercely affectionate blessing… Fluid and impassioned… Dynamic and richly layered portraits deftly echo the poem’s movement… A standout among affirming picture books, this beatitude-inducing work will quickly become the new go-to baby present. A stunningly illustrated, tender, and tenacious message—a boon to any bookshelf." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Standalone Ebook
9781324052258
COMING SOON