Angela Johnson - A Girl Like Me

Thank you to the girls who modeled for this bookGiselle Bosch, Amina Bradford, Ellie Chen, Evelyn Craig, Sydney Crews, Zo Duncan, Canna Moore, Saydee Reid, Lucia Reinhardt, Adesola Valery, Kimaya Wilkins, and Ariana Zephyrin. Thank you to Evetta Petty of Harlems Heaven Hats. Thank you to Asa Antoine, Sam Henriques, and Becky Lax for your assistance with my photo shoots N.C. Text copyright 2004 by Angela Johnson Illustrations copyright 2020 by Nina Crews All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwisewithout the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review.

Millbrook Press An imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401 USA For reading levels and more information, look up this title at www.lernerbooks.com . Designed by Danielle Carnito and Nina Crews. Main body text set in Helvetica Rounded LT Std. Typeface provided by Adobe Systems. The illustrations in this book are created from 35mm digital photographs and digital vector graphics collaged and manipulated in Adobe Photoshop.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Johnson, Angela, 1961 author. | Crews, Nina, illustrator. Title: A girl like me / Angela Johnson ; illustrations by Nina Crews. Description: Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, 2020. Identifiers: LCCN 2019001163 (print) | LCCN 2019003422 (ebook) | ISBN 9781541578913 (eb pdf) | ISBN 9781541557772 (lb : alk. | Childrens poetry, American. | Childrens poetry, American.

Classification: LCC PS3560.O37129 (ebook) | LCC PS3560.O37129 G57 2020 (print) | DDC 811/.54dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019001163 Manufactured in the United States of America 1-46171-46163-7/2/2019 For Sandy Perlman, forever a girl like me A.J.

Angela Johnson illustrations by Nina Crews J Millbrook Press Minneapolis I always dream Im flying in Supergirl underwear way up high, with everybody I know saying, A girl like you shouldnt be flying up there in your underwear. I used to dream I walked over tall buildings in flowing scarves and a cowgirl hat. Never was scared or paid attention when people I knew said, A girl like you needs to stop walking over those tall buildings in funny clothes and get down here with the rest of us. Once I dreamed I swam the ocean and saw everything deep, cool and was part of the waves. Yesterday So ... I bought a cape and more hats, borrowed some scarves from my mom, and walked past tall buildings to the ocean