Halima, Superhero Princess Social Science Young girls are now required

Young girls are now required to appear at the Annual Ball

Shaheem Sanchez

and her white husband knows nothing of her past

and the sensations and emotions that yet have no name

How bodies are colonized through systems of oppression

Halima, Superhero Princess Social Science Young girls are now requiredA young Black girl overcomes self doubt and embraces her unique superhero princess identity in this energetic and empowering book from the author of I Will Swim Next Time. Halima can't decide who to dress up as for her friend's birthday party. Should she be a princess like Elsa, or a sort of superhero like Pippi Longstocking? "You can't be either," her friends tell her, "because you don't look like them." Mama assures Halima can be whoever she wants