I'm Going to Be a Princess

A warm, witty and moving story celebrating the lives of amazing Black women and an endearing mother-daughter relationship.
What will Maya be when she grows up? She discovers the achievements of some incredible Black women... but it's a brave Nigerian princess who really captures her imagination!
This uplifting and empowering picture book is the perfect gift for any young reader.

A warm and witty celebration of the lives of amazing Black women.
What will Maya be when she grows up? A rocket scientist like Annie Easley? An Olympic athlete like Alice Coachman? A brain surgeon like Alexa Canady? In this heart-warming and funny story, Maya discovers the achievements of some incredible Black women . . . but it's a brave Nigerian princess who really captures her imagination!
This uplifting and empowering picture book is the perfect gift for any young reader.

Autorentext

Stephanie Taylor (Author)
Stephanie Taylor is a British-born author of Jamaican heritage. Married to Michael, she has two amazing grown-up children, Sîan and Miles. Stephanie has worked in primary education for over 20 years at the same school in South East London.

Reading and writing books for children is Stephanie's passion - if she can use this to encourage children to read then she feels like she has achieved something wonderful.

Jade Orlando (Illustrator)
Jade was born in North Carolina and grew up in a tiny Michigan town. After an impassioned childhood spent drawing dragons and cat ladies, she traveled to SCAD Savannah to get a BFA in Illustration. In 2018, Jade left her job of 7 years as a staff children's apparel artist to freelance full time. She currently lives in Atlanta, GA with her husband, greyhound, and 4 cats (including two naked ones!) When she's not drawing, Jade can usually be found curled up with her cats and a really good book.

Klappentext

What will Maya be when she grows up? A rocket scientist? An Olympic athlete? A brain surgeon?

In this heart-warming and funny story, Maya finds out about some amazing Black women but . . . she's going to be a princess!

Thought perhaps it's not a fairy-tale princess Maya has in mind . . .

Zusammenfassung
A warm and witty celebration of the lives of amazing Black women. What will Maya be when she grows up? In this heart-warming and funny story, Maya discovers the achievements of some incredible Black women .