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The talk  Cover Image Book Book

The talk / Alicia D. Williams ; illustrated by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu.

Summary:

As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, he first must have the difficult conversation Black families have with their sons, warning them about the challenges they face due to racism.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781534495296 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Caitlyn Dlouhy book."
Target Audience Note:
Ages 4-8.
Subject: African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Race relations > Juvenile fiction.
Growth > Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Picture books.

Available copies

  • 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Innisfil Public Library System. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Lakeshore Branch.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch GRO JP Willi 31681030060750 PICTURE Checked out 12/02/2025

Alicia D. Williams is the author of Genesis Begins Again, which received Newbery and Kirkus Prize honors, was a William C. Morris Award finalist, and for which she won the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent; and picture books Jump at the Sun and The Talk which was also a Coretta Scott King Honor book. An oral storyteller in the African American tradition, she lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Briana Mukodiri Uchendu is an illustrator, visual development artist, and a first-generation Nigerian American. Her work is inspired by her interests in folklore, film, and animation and her passion to highlight voices that usually go unheard. A recent graduate from Ringling College of Art and Design where she majored in illustration, she currently lives in her hometown of Houston, Texas. The Talk is her picture book debut.


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