Step Into Your Power: 23 Lessons on How to Live Your Best Life

by Jamia Wilson (Author) Andrea Pippins (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade
From the team who brought you Young Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present comes a brightly illustrated follow-up guide that will teach you to harness your own power to achieve greatness. Listen up little sister! You've heard about heroes and read about the greats, but how do you actually get there yourself? This book shows you how to make your big dreams a big reality. Learn from the lived experience of author Jamia Wilson and illustrator Andrea Pippins as they mentor you through growing up in the modern world, and teach you how to STEP INTO YOUR POWER. "Slay your fear!" "You've got this!" "Take heart and trust your gut!" In this friendly guide, "big sister" Jamia Wilson helps you achieve your dreams and know your rights with caring advice and actions you can take and make your very own. Explore what it means to know and trust your insights and capabilities with stories, images, activities, resources, and action prompts that you can interact with on your own time and, most importantly, on your terms. Unlock your power and be yourself--you may just change the world!
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Jamia Wilson
Jamia Wilson is a feminist, activist, writer, and speaker based in New York City. Her work has appeared in numerous outlets, including the New York Times, the Today show, CNN, Elle, BBC, Rookie, Refinery29, Glamour, Teen Vogue, and the Washington Post. She is the author of This Book Is Feminist; Young, Gifted and Black; Step into Your Power; Big Ideas for Young Thinkers; and the ABC's of AOC.
Jade Orlando was born on an army base in North Carolina and grew up in a tiny Michigan town. She received her BFA in illustration from SCAD Savannah and currently lives in Atlanta with her husband, greyhound, and four cats. She is the illustrator of Bedtime Stories: Beautiful Black Tales from the Past and co-illustrator of Hey You! Her clients include Scholastic, Carter's, Amazon, and Oopsy Daisy.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781786035868
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Wide Eyed Editions
Publication date
March 20, 2019
Series
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BISAC categories
JNF023000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women
JNF053160 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
Library of Congress categories
Self-confidence in children
Self-confidence
Conduct of life
Self-esteem
Girls

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