Why?
Taye Diggs
Illustrated by Shane W. Evans
01 February 2022Synopsis
A piercing picture book about racial injustice from a child’s perspective from Taye Diggs and Shane Evans.
"Daddy?"
"Yes, my sweet boy."
"Why are those people shouting?"
"Our people are shouting because we need to be heard. We need to be heard."
Why? is a question asked by children daily, and in this striking and timely story, it begins a straightforward and challenging conversation between...
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01 February 2022
9781250806093Reviews
"Diggs makes these gutting conversations loving, plainspoken, and accessible to children. ... The question-and-answer format, the hallmark of parenting, helps the characters process large thoughts and huge problems, and yet find some paths to solutions."—School Library Journal, starred review
"Evans’s surreally colored, fluid illustrations add depth and emotion to this intergenerational narrative with a hopeful ending."—Publishers Weekly
