Hair Like Obama's, Hands Like Lebron's illustrator-Eda Kaban Izumi Tanaka has never really

Izumi Tanaka has never really felt like she fit in—it isn’t easy being Japanese American in her small

When it came time for her to write her own stories

With the king's forces on their heels at every turn

She’s captured the king’s heart

Maya herself is a godling

Hair Like Obama's, Hands Like Lebron's illustrator-Eda Kaban Izumi Tanaka has never reallyFrom Colin Kaepernick to Martin Luther King, Jr. to Benjamin Crump, Hair Like Obama's, Hands Like Lebron's is a picture book celebration of Black history and excellence from New York Times bestselling and award winning author Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated bySavanna Durr. I have hair like Obamas and hands like LeBrons. My mind is more magical than Ice McDonalds wands. My legs, like Michael Jordans, shatter records with a leap. My soul is