Inheritance audiobook

I received a copy of this book for free from the publisher for promotional purposes. This was a beautifully illustrated and powerful poem!Being a huge poetry lover, I surprisingly have not read any of Elizabeth Acevedo’s previous works. I’ve heard countless amazing things about her work, so I was excited to finally read something by her. I was not disappointed! The poem was short yet so impactful. It beautifully highlighted the struggles of natural hair as well as the complexities of being Afro-Latinidad. It’s personal, real, and authentic, which are all qualities I look for when reading poetry. Since it is a visual poem, I have to talk about the illustrations and the role they played. The illustrations were gorgeous. They were so colorful, bold, and vibrant. They complemented the poem and its message very well. I can tell a lot of thought went into the illustrations. For example, some of the words are written in cursive which mimics the curves and coils of curly hair. Overall, I highly recommend this little book! Get it for yourself, or gift it to a friend who loves poetry and/or Elizabeth Acevedo (I cannot reiterate how stunning this book is. It would make a great gift).

LOVED IT! This short visual poem under 50 pages brought me to tears so if that doesn’t tell you the power Elizabeth Acevedo has I don’t know what will. As a Black girl who recently decided to wear my natural hair everyday all day this was so touching. Definitely something I would gift to my little sister and even buy for myself as a little reminder of how beautiful Black hair is, every curl and coil.

Once again, Elizabeth Acevedo has published another beautiful book honoring the experiences of Afro-Latin women and children. Alongside the gorgeous illustrations of Andrea Pippins, Acevedo takes the reader on a journey through the historical, present, and future connotations of Black hair. I’ve always admired Acevedo’s ability to say so much in so few words. In just 50 pages she spans through the many lessons of inheriting Black hair from your ancestors with brilliant ease; how erasing your Black features erases the history of your ancestors, how antiblackness can warp the ideals of beauty and desire in Black communities, and most importantly, how to teach our future children that their Black features are beautiful so they won’t have to suffer the way past generations did. I’m getting my copy of this book signed by Elizabeth Acevedo at a meet-and-greet next week and I’m so excited! Everything this author publishes holds a dear spot in my heart.

It may be hard to understand why I got a little emotional reading this book. Partly because I understand the struggle somewhat slightly with my own curly hair, but mostly because I see the real war my daughter has had with her own hair and being able to accept its natural beauty. This a beautiful book visually and delivers a punch for anyone who has ever had to battle with accepting, dealing with, managing, and learning to love your hair.

The artwork is stunning, and this book has great social commentary on what people REALLY mean when they say certain things, particularly when it comes to hair texture. Elizabeth Acevedo can simply do no wrong.

a beautiful poem! her voice is like butter and the meaning was so powerful. i wish it was longer!!🤩 she’s easily an auto buy author.

There's an incredible amount of reflection, history, and prejudice to unpack from just 48 pages. The illustrations are gorgeous and diverse.

Not enough stars in the world.

Anytime Ms. Acevedo writes, I will read. Whenever & everytime I read something by her, it get a 5-star from me. I always fell in love

“You can’t fix what was never broken.” This is definitely a book I will have in my future child’s library. I love that it empowers the reader to love and appreciate their curls and coils because they are indeed…beautiful.

’Some people tell me to fix my hair. And so many words remain unspoken, because all I can reply is, You can’t fix what was never broken.’I probably will reread this in the next few days because it’s really short and I want to be able to really connect with it. But I liked it. It was a good poem about the Dominican experience, especially with hair, and reclaiming your identity. It also touched on Elizabeth Acevedo’s experience being in her relationship and how people have criticized her for it. The only reason this rating isn’t higher is because I wanted more of it. This poem is less than 50 pages long with one or two sentences in big font on each page. It literally took me five minutes to read. I would have LOVED to read a whole collection by her, complete with illustrations and whatnot. Ok, apparently after reading the back of the book, it says this is Acevedo’s most famous spoken-word poem, which makes more sense. I’ve seen other instances where poets will put their popular spoken-word poems into a little book (Amanda Gorman comes to mind with The Hill We Climb), but yeah. I just wish I had gotten more content. Like I said, the poem was very nice and taught me about Dominican experience. I would recommend this simple and enjoyable read. ☞ 4 stars (really liked it)

BEAUTIFUL art and poetry!! only giving this 4 stars cause it was so short :( and yes, i did read this standing in the target book aisle while waiting for my mom and it grabbed my attention from the first page!! you can tell the art was so thought out and the color scheme is so pretty 🫶🫶 i need to read more by elizabeth acevedo asap

I have not been this excited about a book in a long time. One of my favorite authors and an artist that I have been following for years, doing a collaboration?! I was hooked before I even read it. It is beautifully written and so vibrant. I keep rereading it because it is so easy to read, and I keep finding more and more details. I just love this book so much, and the topic is one that needs to be talked about. All hair is beautiful! Please go buy this book, you won’t regret it.