Black Girl You Are Atlas

By: Renée Watson

Narrated by: Renée Watson

A Coretta Scott King Honor Book

Odyssey Honor Audiobook

A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson.

In this semi-autobiographical collection of poems, Renée Watson writes about her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class, and gender.

Using a variety of poetic forms, from haiku to free verse, Watson shares recollections of her childhood in Portland, tender odes to the Black women in her life, and urgent calls for Black girls to step into their power.

Black Girl You Are Atlas encourages young readers to embrace their future with a strong sense of sisterhood and celebration. This collection offers guidance and is a gift for anyone who listens to it.

A must read- or really listen.

I loved all of the poems. They were honest, raw, and inspiring. Buying this in print next!

Amazing!!

A read for every tween but mostly every Black tween finding herself in a world where these types of beautiful mirrors are few and far between!!

A pleasant reminder

It’s the simplicity of remembering who we are and what has formed us all individually

Love this

Tender and strong and familiar. So many faves. Such a great gift, full of gems.

I am Atlas.

I saw pieces of myself in so many of the poems and felt the pain of the poems that reminded me of our hurt as a people. Our reality. Our truth.