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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    non sort: A
    title: hug like Michelle's, a voice like Beyoncé's
  name:
    name part: Weatherford, Carole Boston
    name part: 1956-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Durr, Savanna
    role:
      role term: illustrator.
  type of resource: text
  genre: Picture books.
  genre: Stories in rhyme.
  genre: Histoires rimées.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2025
    copyright date: 2025
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
  abstract: Inspired by photographs of Michelle Obama's famously warm hugs, this is a delightful companion book to Hair Like Obama's, Hands Like LeBron's. Carole Boston Weatherford's powerful text -- illuminated by Savanna Durr's accessible, jewel-toned art -- is an ode to the beauty, strength, resilience, and power that all children have within them. Young readers will learn about 17 inspiring female figures, gaining confidence in their own abilities and cultural legacy as they see themselves in each one. From ballerina Misty Copeland to NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson to Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, this is a celebration of Black history and excellence. Young readers will learn about the inspiring, strong female figures in Black history up to the present day, gaining confidence in their abilities and their cultural legacy as they learn. The back matter includes an author's note and biographies of each of the featured figures: Simone Biles, Misty Copeland, Angela Davis, Kamala Harris, Iman, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Katherine Johnson, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Edna Lewis, Michelle Obama, Rosa Parks, Faith Ringgold, Nina Simone, Dawn Staley, Harriet Tubman, Kerry Washington, and Oprah Winfrey.
  target audience: preschool
  note: written by Coretta Scott King Award-winner Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Savanna Durr.
  note: Notable Children's Trade Book/Social Studies, 2026
  subject:
    topic: African American women
    genre: Juvenile fiction
  subject:
    topic: Girls, Black
    genre: Juvenile fiction
  subject:
    topic: Self-esteem
    genre: Juvenile fiction
  subject:
    topic: Heroes
    genre: Juvenile fiction
  subject:
    topic: Identity (Psychology)
    genre: Juvenile fiction
  subject:
    topic: African American women
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    topic: Girls, Black
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    topic: Role models
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    topic: Self-esteem
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    topic: Heroes
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    topic: Identity
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    topic: Stories in rhyme
  subject:
    topic: Noires américaines
    genre: Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
  subject:
    topic: Estime de soi
    genre: Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
  subject:
    topic: Héros
    genre: Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
  subject:
    topic: JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
  subject:
    topic: JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women
  classification: PZ8.3.W374 Hug 2025
  classification: [E]
  identifier: 9781419771507
  identifier: 1419771507
  identifier: 9798887071831
  record info:
    record content source: T7A
    record creation date: 250930
    record change date: 20260610173802.6
    record identifier: in00005786423
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng