Awards
- Commended for Coretta Scott King Award (Author) 2024
- Commended for Coretta Scott King Award (Illustrator) 2024
- Commended for National Book Awards (Young People's Lit.) 2023
- Short-listed for National Book Awards (Young People's Lit.) 2023
- Winner of Caldecott Medal 2024
Overview
Winner of the Caldecott Medal! A Coretta Scott King Award Author and Illustrator Honor book, a National Book Award finalist, and a New York Times bestseller! This deeply moving story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of joyful acceptance, from an award-winning creator. The first picture book written and illustrated by award-winning creator Vashti Harrison traces a child's journey to self-love and shows the power of words to both hurt and heal. With spare text and exquisite illustrations, this emotional exploration of being big in a world that prizes small is a tender portrayal of how you can stand out and feel invisible at the same time.
Full Product Details
Author: Vashti Harrison
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Imprint: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Dimensions:
Width: 23.60cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 28.60cm
Weight: 0.567kg
ISBN: 9780316353229
ISBN 10: 0316353221
Pages: 60
Publication Date: 02 May 2023
Recommended Age: From 4 to 8 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
A Publishers Weekly 2023 Summer Reading List Pick [An] empowering ode to self-love.... Throughout, deceptively simple text emphasizes the self-affirming message that it's okay to take up space. --Publishers Weekly
"A New York Times Bestseller A TODAY SHOW Read with Jenna Jr Summer Reading Selection A Kids' Indie Next List Pick A Publishers Weekly Summer Reading List Pick An Amazon Best Book of the Month * ""Bestselling creator Harrison has produced another classic that belongs on every child's shelf--this is one that will nurture little ones and help them to see the beauty in themselves.... A healing balm with the power to make the world a bit kinder.""--Kirkus, starred review * ""Straightforward enough for even very young children to understand and appreciate, but with a vital message for adults too, Big is one of the year's most exceptional picture books.""--BookPage, starred review * ""This emotionally and socially resonant picture book stands out with its exceptional strength, beauty, and grace.""--Booklist, starred review ""A gentle and loving book about what it means to be big. Harrison's stunning art style perfectly encapsulates all the beautiful roundness of being a child, and encourages love and warmth for yourself if you are navigating the world as big.""--Tildy Lutts, Belmont Books (Belmont, MA) * ""[An] ode to big self-love... Full of important truths about adultification and anti-fat bias, Harrison's deceptively simple telling tenderly offers the self-affirming beliefs that kids are kids in any body and that it's okay to take up space.""--Publishers Weekly, starred review * ""The text is spare but pointed; Harrison's emotionally powerful, pink-hued illustrations focus on her protagonist's inner experience... This book offers readers an opportunity to remember that we all deserve love and respect--no matter what size we are.""--Horn Book, starred review"
"A New York Times Bestseller A Kids' Indie Next List Pick A Publishers Weekly Summer Reading List Pick An Amazon Best Book of the Month * ""Straightforward enough for even very young children to understand and appreciate, but with a vital message for adults too, Big is one of the year's most exceptional picture books.""--BookPage, starred review * ""This emotionally and socially resonant picture book stands out with its exceptional strength, beauty, and grace.""--Booklist, starred review ""A gentle and loving book about what it means to be big. Harrison's stunning art style perfectly encapsulates all the beautiful roundness of being a child, and encourages love and warmth for yourself if you are navigating the world as big.""--Tildy Lutts, Belmont Books (Belmont, MA) * ""[An] ode to big self-love... Full of important truths about adultification and anti-fat bias, Harrison's deceptively simple telling tenderly offers the self-affirming beliefs that kids are kids in any body and that it's okay to take up space.""--Publishers Weekly, starred review * ""The text is spare but pointed; Harrison's emotionally powerful, pink-hued illustrations focus on her protagonist's inner experience... This book offers readers an opportunity to remember that we all deserve love and respect--no matter what size we are.""--Horn Book, starred review"
Author Information
Vashti Harrison is the New York Times bestselling creator of Big, which was awarded the 2024 Caldecott Medal, a Coretta Scott King Book Award Author Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor, in addition to being a National Book Award finalist. Vashti is also the #1 New York Times bestselling creator of Little Leaders, Little Dreamers, and Little Legends, and the illustrator of Lupita Nyong'o's Sulwe (for which she received a Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor), Matthew A. Cherry's Hair Love, Andrea Beaty's I Love You Like Yellow, and Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic's Hello, Star, among others. A two-time recipient of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children, Vashti lives in Brooklyn, New York, and invites you to visit her online @vashtiharrison or at vashtiharrison.com.
