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A Girl Like Me
A Girl Like Me | Angela Johnson
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"Once I dreamed I swam / the ocean / and saw everything deep, cool / and was part of the waves. / I swam on by the people / onshore / hollering, / 'A girl like you needs to / stay out of the water / and be dry / like everyone else.'" Empower young readers to embrace their individuality, reject societal limitations, and follow their dreams. This inspiring picture book brings together a poem by acclaimed author Angela Johnson and Nina Crews's distinctive photocollage illustrations to celebrate girls of color.
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GatheringBooks
A Girl Like Me | Angela Johnson
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Mehso-so

#LitsySpringBreak Day 1: While I confess to not particularly liking the collage style used in the narrative – which might be compounded by the fact that I was reading it in an ebook format – I loved seeing the girls‘ bright and happy faces, esp the one where they were at the #Beach - and reading their brief afterword where they described who they are and what they dream of being. Perfect for March, too. My full review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-n0Q

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 📚🏖🌞 3y
TheKidUpstairs I like the collage style! 3y
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GingerAntics
A Girl Like Me | Angela Johnson
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This is one of my favourite images from the book. The narrator of the poem has been told to stop wearing capes, flowing scarves, and funny hats, so she buys more hats (above) and borrows more scarves from mom. 💙💙💙
#AngelaJohnson #AGirlLikeMe #Joetry2021 #girlsincapes

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GingerAntics
A Girl Like Me | Angela Johnson
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Pickpick

This is really short, but it‘s absolutely adorable and a great message for all little girls. The picture collages are great. I wish I could share them all. The added touch of the little feature for each of the girls in the book is a bonus delight. Such a great poem about not being what people want you to be because you‘re a girl. I want to have a daughter just so I can read this to her every night.
#AngelaJohnson #AGirlLikeMe #Joetry2021

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GingerAntics
A Girl Like Me | Angela Johnson
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I think the cutie at the middle left who would invent “a portal that leads to a land filled with puppies and cotton candy” has the right idea. I hope she‘s working on that portal now. I‘m ready to go!!!
#AngelaJohnson #AGirlLikeMe #Joetry2021 #puppies #cottoncandy

Sleepswithbooks I‘m right behind you!!! 3y
GingerAntics @Sleepswithbooks a world of puppies, kittens, and cotton candy. The people who think it‘s stupid can‘t come, then all the nice people are in the cotton candy world. Total perfection. 3y
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GingerAntics
A Girl Like Me | Angela Johnson
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I love these little highlights of each of the girls that populate this poem.
#AngelaJohnson #AGirlLikeMe #Joetry2021

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GingerAntics
A Girl Like Me | Angela Johnson
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This looks adorable. I was also happily surprised that it comes from a publishing house here in Minnesota.
#AngelaJohnson #AGirlLikeMe #Joetry2021 @CBee