You Will Do Great Things

Name: You Will Do Great Things
Brand: Macmillan Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Amerie
ISBN: 9781250864659

Author: Amerie

Narrator: Amerie

Unabridged: 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Macmillan Young Listeners

Published: 03/28/2023

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes, African American & Black Stories

Synopsis

This program is read by the author and features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun that is You Will Do Great Things.

From Grammy nominated singer-songwriter and book club founder Amerie, You Will Do Great Things is a lyrical, magical audiobook about the great possibilities that lie ahead for our little ones.

A young boy's imagination takes off as he gazes at family photos, whisking him off on a fantastical journey. Along the way, the boy tries exciting and bold new things, ventures into unexplored worlds, and forms deep connections with his multicultural heritage and the ancestors who imbue him with the strength and courage to make a difference.

Amerie has written a moving, sweeping, and deeply loving story that is inspired by her own family. It is a celebration of everything our little ones have yet to do: the great, the amazing, the strange, and the new. It's also a lasting reminder that the loved ones in our lives will always be right there beside us—and in our hearts—cheering us on.

A Macmillan Audio production from Roaring Brook Press.

About Amerie

Amerie is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, producer, and writer. The daughter of a Korean artist and an African-American military officer, Amerie was born in Massachusetts, raised all over the world, and graduated from Georgetown University with a bachelor’s in English. She is the editor of New York Times bestseller Because You Love to Hate Me (a Junior Library Guild Selection), and recently founded Amerie’s Book Club, a book club that highlights diverse and unique perspectives and voices. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son.

About Raissa Figueroa

Raissa Figueroa is a children's book illustrator and overall art lover based out of San Diego, California. She loves taking in the early morning light while out on walks with her dog, Ghost, and letting her mind meander off to fantastical new places. Raissa is the illustrator of We Wait for the Sun, written by Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe—which earned her a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor—as well as You Will Do Great Things written by Amerie, Oona written by Kelly DiPucchio, and The More the Merrier written by David Martin.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kirsten | KirstenLeeReads

I listened to the audio of this book and it was beautifully done! The writing of the story was very moving I loved the message. The audio production and the author narrating was amazing and made the story feel almost magical. After I listened the first time I played it for my 5 and 7 year old and th......more

Goodreads review by Essie (Sarah)

This is both inspirational and whimsical. It’s like a magical pep talk. I love it.......more

Goodreads review by Zibby

You Will Do Great Things is the first book by Grammy Award-winning Amerie. She has a lifelong love of books, so when her son was born, she was inspired to write this magical picture book about a young boy's imagination as he looks through family photos. He lets them take him on magical journeys, ven......more