„Każdy może latać” – umiejętność latania a retoryka zmiany w książkach obrazkowych Faith Ringgold i Jacqueline Woodson
‘Anyone can fly’ – the Ability to Fly and the Rhetoric of Change in Picturebooks by Faith Ringgold and Jacqueline Woodson

Summary/Abstract: The ability to fly, viewed by many African American slaves as their only path to freedom, remains a popular theme in African American children’s literature. Traversing various time-spaces, flying figures bring readers into the world of endless opportunities, in which a child has a pivotal role to play. Flying over their homes, the young characters overcome social and cultural limitations, as well as uncover opportunities for positive change. This article examines three African American picturebooks, where the motif of flying plays a pivotal social and political role: Tar Beach (1991) and Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky (1992) by Faith Ringgold, and The Year We Learned to Fly (2022) by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Rafael López. Its focus lies on verbal storylines as well as visual narratives and their persuasive power in encouraging young readers to act for the benefit of their families and communities.

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