Black and Irish: Awesome Icons

Authors: Leon Diop & Grace Enemaku

Interest age: from c 4 years | People & places (Children's / Teenage) | Personal & social issues: racism & multiculturalism (Children's / Teenage)

Published on 1^st October 2026 by Little Island in Ireland.

Hardback | 48 pages
250mm x 250mm | 200g

Discover the lives of ten awesome icons in this illustrated celebration of Black Irish identity for young readers.

Following the Irish Book Award-winning Black & Irish: Legends, Trailblazers & Everyday Heroes, author and Black & Irish co-founder Leon Diop returns with a new non-fiction picture book.

Black & Irish: Awesome Icons tells the story of ten inspirational Black Irish people, including record-breaking sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke, NASA scientist Fig O’Reilly and world champion Irish dancer Elliot Kwelele.