Who Is Barack Obama? by Roberta Edwards - Paperback

I am the mother of four adopted African children and always looking for good role models for them. Since it is hard to find books for children in Spanish about black people that have done great things I buy them in UK. This is a great collection of books with some black people that have an impressive life full of courage and hard work. Far from the mostly bad role model presented on TV shows. It gives my children a great push to be who they want to be. There are a lot of books in Spanish abut adoption, children's stories about multiculturalism, etc... But I just wanted biographies of real black heroes!

I bought this book in August for my daughter's ,forgot that I did and bought it again .It's really a hood book my daughter enjoys reading it so the extra one will donate it to her class library.

I bought this for my 6 year old son. We live in Japan where there is little diversity and certainly no Black history taught in schools. So got this to learn the important roll Black people have played in shaping American history(although we are not American). It has sparked an interest in Malcom X and Martin Luther King Jr. I also learned a lot about Obama. It was a great book and I think we will eventually collect the whole series.

My third graders love this series of books. Several of them even keep lists so they can check them off as they read them. They’re highly engaging for kiddos who are fans of nonfiction. The pictures give extra info to go along with the text. Timelines in the back of the book make it easy for readers to keep track of events in the books. Perfect for avid and reluctant readers alike!

Brought this book for primary school library display for black history month.So impressed that i'm trying to encourage school to buy the whole series of these books. Suits year 4 upwards.