Black Barbie
The Story of Designer Kitty Black Perkins
$29.75
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
9 March 2027
Summary
Celebrate the creator of the world’s first Black Barbie in this inspiring story about Kitty Black Perkins, the visionary toy designer who helped define the course of Barbie’s history.
Ever since she was little, Kitty Black Perkins loved making clothes for dolls. She’d cut the materials using paper, creating outfits and accessories from a rainbow of colors and patterns. So when she saw an ad to work for Mattel designing clothes for Barbie, she jumped at the opportunity…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316579186 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0316579181 |
| Author: | Dinah Johnson, Laura Freeman |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 9 March 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 241mm x 279mm |
| Audience Age: | 5-9 |
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Praise for Black Barbie
“Kitty’s story is both relatable and inspiring, centering her love of dolls and fashion and showing how her confidence and determination solidified her path… This book is perfect for anyone who loves dolls or fashion and offers a shining example of following one’s dream to its zenith. Delightful and edifying.”–Kirkus Reviews
“Black’s influential career is captured in Freeman’s bold, digitally created illustrations that realistically depict the designer throughout her life … An uplifting tribute to a remarkable individual that provides a strong message that anyone can channel their talents to become a force for progress and change.”–School Library Journal
Dinah Johnson
Dinah Johnson is the award-winning author of many books for young readers, including Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote, illustrated by Jerry Jordan, and H Is for Harlem, illustrated by April Harrison, which was named a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book, a Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Year, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and a Horn Book Fanfare selection. A professor of literature at the University of South Carolina, she lives in Columbia.
Laura Freeman is the acclaimed illustrator of the New York Times bestseller Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race, which received a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor and an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children. She has illustrated over thirty books for young readers. A native New Yorker residing in Atlanta with her family.
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