Go Show the World is picture book poetry - although the dust jacket blurb calls it a "rap song," I guess to make it cooler. As the subtitle says, it does celebrate indigenous heroes, both well-known and lesser-known, from the past and the present. The author, Native American Canadian Wab Kinew, includes brief biographies of each subject at the end, which is definitely helpful. I found the poetry/rap song a little awkward, but Joe Morse's illustrations, in watercolor, digital color, and collage, are excellent, particularly the black-and-white portraits accompanying the mini-biographies.
© Amanda Pape - 2018
[This book was provided in exchange for a review by the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program. It will be added to my university library's collection.]
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