By Kelechi Okafor (author) , Michaela Dias-Hayes (illustrator)
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"I can give Kingsley piggyback rides, even though he's older than me! I can run SUPER fast!"
Discover Strong Like Me , a picture-book story about finding what makes YOU strong.
Kamara loves being super strong - it makes her feel fizzy and zappy! But her classmates and their negative words lead her to question how strong she really is. With Sport's Day and the Big Race looming, does Kamara have what it takes to reach the finish line?
And can she discover what being STRONG means to her?
Strong Like Me is a timely picture-book debut by writer, social commentator and podcast host, Kelechi Okafor. This inspirational story sets out to help children discover their power, champion themselves, and be unapologetically secure in who they are.
Packed full of heart, the story opens important conversations around ability, intersectionality, race and identity.
'A BEAUTIFUL celebration of STRENGTH in all its forms.' - Dapo Adeola, author of Hey You! An Empowering Celebration of Growing Up Black
Kelechi Okafor is a Nigerian-born Londoner - a writer, presenter, social commentator and tour de force in challenging how we think about race, oppression and femininity. Although Kelechi wears many hats, the head those hats are stylishly perched on is filled with incisive observations about society, culture and specifically Black womanhood.
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"I can give Kingsley piggyback rides, even though he's older than me! I can run SUPER fast!" Discover Strong Like Me, a picture-book story about finding what makes YOU strong.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Strong Like Me and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-6 years old
Strong Like Me features in the following genres: Featured Books for 5+ readers, School Stories, Sporting Stories, PSHE: Multiculturalism, Diversity and Inclusion, PSHE: Self-Awareness, Self-Esteem and Wellbeing, Children’s picture books, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Body and health, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Multicultural, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism, Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s: picture books, activity books, early learning concepts
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Strong Like Me was written by Kelechi Okafor and published by Puffin an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
Strong Like Me has 32 pages
£7.19, reduced from £7.99. In Stock.
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