A Kids Book About Being Authentic

An unapologetic and empowering conversation starter about being yourself.

What does it mean to be authentic? To speak your truth? To not shrink yourself to fit into someone else’s box? Being authentic means showing up as you—everywhere, every day—without apology. In this book, Amanda Seales invites kids to embrace who they are, speak with confidence, and never let others make them feel small. With honesty, humor, and heart, Amanda shares why being yourself is the most powerful thing you can be.

A Kids Book About is an imprint of DK, focused on beautifully designed books that kickstart challenging, empowering, and important conversations for kids and their grownups.

Amanda Seales is an artistic intellectual who uses humor and media to entertain and educate. She seamlessly weaves together the scholarship of a master’s degree in African American studies from Columbia University and an unwavering dedication to social justice, with her skill sets as a comedian, host, actress, writer, radio personality, visual artist, and more. A thirty-year veteran in entertainment, her credits are impressive ranging from HBO to NBC, millions of followers on Instagram, and sold out shows across the nation. Her company, Smart, Funny, & Black Productions is grounded in a commitment to using media as edutainment, “by any joke necessary.” Independently creating an ecosystem of original quality content she informs the masses on her YouTube morning show, Views from AmandaLand, has potent conversations with empowering guests on her podcast, Small Doses, and her documentary, In Amanda We Trust engages audiences in the importance of civic involvement. She intertwines all of her talents in her latest one-woman show, What Would the Ancestors Say?? A force of nature unafraid to carve her path, Seales is a steadfast example of resilience and reliability folks can always count on her to tell the truth and to tell it funny!

• Publisher: DK Children
  
• Publish Date: Oct 27, 2026
  
• Pages: 64
  
• Language: English
  
• Type: Hardcover
  
• EAN/UPC: 9780316573207
  
• Dimensions: 10.3 in H | 7.8 in W