| When Adiba Nelson picked up an advance copy of the new Rebel Girls book "100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic," which she wrote about this week, she was excited to share it with her daughter. "As we flipped through the pages, looking for stories to read, she made sure we stopped to gaze at Clara Holmes, my daughter pointing out that she too, was in a wheelchair. And Nandi Bushell, who rocks fierce afro-puffs, much like my daughter used to (before we gave her a taper fade and dyed it purple). My daughter knows she's magic because I tell her she is. But you know what they say: Truly, seeing is believing." The importance of having diverse books for kids, books that show characters like them, who act like they do, live like they do, play like they do, can't be overstated. There's been a push for more representation on bookshelves, but there's still such a long way to go. This book, and the celebration around it, will help a bit. The book's editor and writer of the foreword will be at four Black-owned bookstores around the country (for D.C. locals, this will happen at Mahogany Books on Oct. 3), a "Rebel Girls Fest" will be streamed Oct. 10 around International Day of the Girl, and more. And that celebration of Black Girl Magic, I think, is something all parents can get behind. "I couldn't help but think about how affirming this book is for my daughter, disabled and Black, who rarely sees representation of herself on television or in books she reads," Nelson writes. Here's to more like it.
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