Beautiful Black Boy
A simple yet poetic composition celebrating and uplifting positive attributes of Black boys such as strength, bravery, and joy.
Sophia Robinson is a Canadian mom, teacher and children’s book author with a special place in her heart (and bookshelves) for picture books. She loves discovering inspiring and uplifting books with diverse characters and stories. Sophia is proud to write books that allow children to see their lives reflected on the pages they read, because all children need to know their stories are important. Beautiful Black Boy, illustrated by Ken Daley, is Sophia’s first picture book.
Explore Sophia Robinson's books featured at this year's festival
A simple yet poetic composition celebrating and uplifting positive attributes of Black boys such as strength, bravery, and joy.
Farida Zaman |
Julien Chung |
Sophia Robinson |
Suharu Ogawa
Enjoy a day of storytelling magic on our Storyteller Stage.
Anjali Joshi |
Danny Neville |
Sophia Robinson
Panel conversation with three authors who are also educators.
Discover other incredible voices at this year’s Festival of Literary Diversity