All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, is an inspiration and role model to children of all ages. Award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford tells her story of perseverance, dignity, and honor in this uplifting picture book biography filled with colorful and dynamic illustrations from Ashley Evans.
Whatever she did, wherever she was, Ketanji Brown Jackson rose to the top.
From the time their daughter was born, Ketanji Brown’s parents taught her that if she worked hard and believed in herself, she could do anything. As a child, Ketanji focused on her studies and excelled, eventually graduating from Harvard Law School.
Years later, in 2016, when she was a federal judge, a seat opened on the United States Supreme Court. In a letter to then-President Barack Obama, Leila Jackson made a case for her mother—Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Although the timing didn’t work out then, it did in 2022, when President Joe Biden nominated her. At her confirmation, Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black female Supreme Court justice in the United States.
Lyrical text by renowned author Carole Boston Weatherford and evocative illustrations by Ashley Evans combine to make this an inspirational and timely read.
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Exemplifying how "whatever she did, wherever she was, Ketanji Brown Jackson rose to the top," Boston Weatherford starts each spread of this high-level biography with a nod to Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise"—the poem that Brown Jackson (b. 1970) quoted during her confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court. Play-by-play lines reflect her maturation, reference her heritage ("the dedication and determination of her parents"), and show Brown Jackson navigating limitations and prejudice placed on her by others ("She rose/ above the debate judges who mocked her African name... She rose/ above a guidance counselor's doubts that she could get into Harvard"). Evans's unlined digital illustrations visualize, in pastel clouds, the figure's connections to elders including Shirley Chisholm and Mae Jemison. It's an inspiring biography focused on rising above challenges. A "Letter to My Granddaughter and All of Our Daughters" and timeline conclude. Ages 4–8.
