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Big

In one of the year’s most exceptional picture books, author-illustrator Vashti Harrison considers the shifting connotations of the word big in a girl’s life.

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Review of ‘Big’

Vashti Harrison, creator of Little Leaders, the bestselling illustrated nonfiction series, makes her fiction debut with Big, a simple yet immensely significant picture book. Harrison marshals her considerable talents for a story that celebrates a young Black girl's aspirations and highlights how words have the ability to empower or to cause suffering.

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