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simone_walker's review
5.0
What a delight! Great for children and adults alike. Insightful and Educational. I love the inclusion of the additional resources at the end. A must for all bookshelves!
elizabethlk's review
5.0
Vashti Harrison's series of collected biographies for kids is truly wonderful, and Little Leaders is a brilliant addition to the series. It was wonderful to see men who were famous for a broad variety of things (from music to science to sports to activism to filmmaking and more), who were from a broad variety of countries (while the USA was the focus, there were also men from Ghana, Senegal, Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, the UK, and more), and just variety everywhere. I thought it was brilliant to see men who were afro-latinx and indigenous as well, and I'm sure kids who see themselves in those identities will love this. It was also wonderful to see queerness and disability represented in the book as well, and even if I'd have liked to see more of the latter, I thought it was great to see accessibility discussed and "using a wheelchair" used instead of more problematic phrases (like wheelchair-bound, etc).
The art is as brilliant as I would expect from Harrison (I believe this is the sixth book I've read with her illustrations). It's very cute, and while it's easy to imagine any figure there, it's also easy to identify the men by the features she has added.
Highly recommended!
The art is as brilliant as I would expect from Harrison (I believe this is the sixth book I've read with her illustrations). It's very cute, and while it's easy to imagine any figure there, it's also easy to identify the men by the features she has added.
Highly recommended!
micah_thelibrarian's review
4.0
A nice collection of African American men throughout history. Not your typical well known men but instead the people behind the scenes who gained notoriety. Highly recommend.
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