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Selina Alko

Selina Alko spends her days melding words and mixed-media art to convey stories of hope and inspiration—as well as an alternative viewpoint. Her books include The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage, Can I Touch Your Hair?, Daddy Christmas & Hanukkah Mama, and I is for Immigrants, which was selected a 2022 Best Children's Book of the Year by Bank Street Books. Selina lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Books by Selina Alko

Stars of the Night

The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport

by (author) Caren Stelson
illustrated by Selina Alko

Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World

by (author) Susan Hood
illustrated by Sophie Blackall, Emily Winfield Martin, Shadra Strickland, Melissa Sweet, LeUyen Pham, Oge Mora, Julie Morstad, Lisa Brown, Selina Alko, Hadley Hooper, Isabel Roxas, Erin Robinson & Sara Palacios

Can I Touch Your Hair?

Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

by (author) Irene Latham & Charles Waters
illustrated by Selina Alko & Sean Qualls