Bros by Carole Boston Weatherford, Reggie Brown
Published by Candlewick Press ISBN: 1536220418
Genres: Adventure, Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
Format: Picture Book Fiction
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Bros by Carole Boston Weatherford is a delight of a book, inspired by the #BlackBoyJoy movement online. In the book, we see a group of Black boys of all abilities spend the day together free of any hardship and living freely in their community. Each page has two words on it, saying, “We smile. We style. We lead. We read… etc.” The “bros” able to fully express their emotions together like, for example, when one boy falls down pretending to be a superhero and gets hurt, his friend is there to sympathetically comfort him. There are beautiful examples of positive Black masculinity in childhood play and the illustrations showing this are colorful and eye-catching. I recommend this for all library collections. Great for ages 0-6.

Reviewed by Gia Pilgrim Charles, Patten Free Library, Bath