“For educators, parents, and kids alike, I’m Still Here is a joyful and vulnerable read. In these pages, Austin Channing Brown kneels down and speaks eye-to-eye to the child in all of us, with gentle attentiveness, compassion, and humor. When you get to the end, the child in you will feel a little more healed.”—Glennon Doyle, New York Times bestselling author of Untamed and founder of Together Rising
“In a world that is ever changing and can be confusing, voices like Austin Channing Brown’s are needed to help us make sense of it all. And I wish I had someone like her guiding the way when I was younger. This book is brilliant, vulnerable, and hopeful. Thank goodness for it and for her being in the world. Brava!”—Phoebe Robinson, author of You Can’t Touch My Hair
“Kids will be begging for time to read ‘just one more chapter’ of Austin Channing Brown’s I’m Still Here. It is full of riveting and relatable stories that will spur important conversations and understandings about race and identity. Unlike some books that teach kids to downplay the reality of racism, this book helps them love the skin they’re in—and everyone else’s, too.”—Jemar Tisby, PhD, author of The Color of Compromise and How to Fight Racism: Young Reader’s Edition
“There’s something for everyone within these pages, because there’s something about being Black in America that connects us all. I’m Still Here is not just a title—it’s a hard-earned, truth-drenched warrior’s cry. With each story-within-a-story, Channing Brown both unites and reminds us: We are the standard; we cannot fail!”—Kelly J. Baptist, bestselling author of Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero
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