Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes | Traci N. Todd + Shannon Wright Kari Percival the bright contrasting shapes on

the bright contrasting shapes on every page are easy for infants to perceive

and Darnella Frazier

While the rest of their fellowship seeks safety

draw or stamp with these double-ended markers

there’s no escaping monsters

Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes | Traci N. Todd + Shannon Wright Kari Percival the bright contrasting shapes onCoretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book Robert F. Sibert Honor Book An evocative picture book biography about the prolific life of Jackie Ormes, whose groundbreaking cartoons became some of the first empowering depictions of Black women in America! Jackie Ormes made history. She was the first Black woman cartoonist to be nationally syndicated in the United States. She was also a journalist, fashionista, philanthropist, and activist, and she used her