Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood

Four-year-old TJ spends his days on his lively Harlem block playing with his best friends WT and Blinky and running errands for neighbors. As he comes of age as a ÒLittle ManÓ with big dreams, TJ faces a world of grown-up adventures and realities. BaldwinÕs only childrenÕs book,

Little Man, Little Man

celebrates and explores the challenges and joys of black childhood.

Now available for the first time in forty years, this new edition of

Little Man, Little Man

Ñwhich retains the charming original illustrations by French artist Yoran CazacÑincludes a foreword by BaldwinÕs nephew Tejan "TJ"ÊKarefa-Smart and an afterword by his niece Aisha Karefa-Smart, with an introduction by two Baldwin scholars. In it we not only see life in 1970s Harlem from a black childÕs perspective, butÊwe also gain a fuller appreciation of the genius of one of AmericaÕs greatest writers.