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I have always enjoyed and loved serving children. I have served as a summer camp counselor, church youth group director, pediatrician, and now mother. My writing journey started in high school as an editor for our annual poetry publication. I have always loved expressing myself through written text, especially poetry. While at a conference in Thailand, I wrote a poem entitled “My Black Child.” This poem was a love letter to my yet-to-be-born children, their history, and their life to be. The poem was meant to inspire them to greatness despite all odds. This poem was written about two and a half years before I would have my first child and two years before the book it inspired would be published.
After becoming a mother, I began searching for material for my children to read. I found it difficult to find books with Brown characters. I didn’t know where to look besides Amazon, and I found searching there to be very frustrating. So, I decided to publish my first book Black Child, Hold Your Head High, and embark on this journey. I believe that other parents want to buy quality books for their children but are unsure where to look. I sought to become a resource for other parents looking for books with Black and Brown characters. So, I started an Instagram page and blog. My resources can be found via my Linktree page.
Black Child, Hold Your Head High is a unique book with amazing illustrations. Children are encouraged to be proud of their heritage because previous generations have overcome physical and financial slavery, desegregation, imprisonment, and so much more. They are educated or reminded of historical heroes. They are reminded to hold their heads high because they can and should. I hope to write more children’s books with Brown characters because it’s so important that Black children see themselves in their literature.
Black Child, Hold Your Head High: Empowering Book for Black Children that Celebrates a Rich Culture and History
Jasmine Walker | D G | RJ Digital Solutions LLC | November 1, 2022 | Amazon | Bookshop
Jasmine Walker is an author, pediatrician, entrepreneur, wife, and mother of two. She graduated from the historically Black university Oakwood University and Loma Linda School of Medicine. She is a Christian author. Since becoming a mother of two, her love for writing has been revived. One of Jasmine’s goals is to create children’s books in which children of color can relate to the characters on the pages. She hopes her book inspires freedom, greatness, and confidence. She loves children and aspires to create more books for them.
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