A review by librarianryan
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

 

I am not the right person to critique this book. I liked this book. It’s part of the 1619 Project about the history of Black Americans and how they came to be in this country. What is unique about this book is, it’s all poetry that creates one story. This is normally found in much bigger longer works. The illustrations are strange, but beautiful. They put emotion to the paper to match the words. I can fully say that I thought this book was fantastic, but also realize that I am in no place to critique this book.