I am a Boy

I Am a Boy: Strong, Black, and Determined

This is not just a children’s book.
This is a covering.

I Am a Boy is a powerful, lyrical affirmation written to speak life into young Black boys—early, consistently, and with intention. Written by Lillian Turner, a mother, grandmother, and lifelong childcare professional, this book comes from decades of watching children grow, struggle, and form their sense of self long before the world ever calls their name.

She wrote this because she has seen the truth:

Children begin to believe something about themselves very early.
The question is—who told them?

“You are here. You are enough. You can become.”

With simple, rhythmic language, this book pours truth into a child’s spirit:

• I am strong and not weak

• I turn my can’t into can and my dreams into plans

• I am my education

• I am my emotions

• I am all shades of color

This is the kind of book you read out loud—again and again—until it takes root.

For the Warriors of the Word community, this is about more than reading.
This is about legacy.

If we do not affirm our children, the world will try to define them.
If we do not speak truth into them, something else will.

This book belongs:

• In your home

• In your church library

• In the hands of your grandchildren

• In the spaces where children are still becoming

Buy one for your grandbaby.
Buy one for a child in your life.
Buy one for your church, your daycare, your community.

Because every child deserves to grow up knowing who they are—
before the world tries to tell them otherwise.