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Dreams for a Daughter
Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrator: Brian Pinkney
Ages: 6+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 978-1-5344-5198-8
Keywords: mothers and daughters, familial love, empowerment, Black families, ancestors
A Black mother voices her love, hopes and dreams for her daughter. Watercolor, gouache and India ink illustrations with a great sense of movement and color.