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Published January 7, 2025

'Captain America: Brave New World: A Hero Looks Like You' Picture Book Inspires Young Readers

Fans of Sam Wilson will love this new Captain America picture book, available now!

"Remember, kids, you aren't born a hero. You choose to be a hero." —Sam Wilson

Set in the world of Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Brave New World, A Hero Looks Like You is a heartwarming picture book about a young boy named DJ who steps up to help Captain America, his favorite Super Hero, and discovers along the way that heroes don’t always look big or strong or wear a suit. Sometimes, they might even look like him.

From New York Times best-selling author Kwame Mbalia and New York Times best-selling illustrator Nikkolas Smith, this inspiring story shows readers anyone can choose to be a hero. A debut picture book for Mbalia, this is a tie-in picture book for Captain America: Brave New World, which comes out on February 14, 2025, and features an all-star cast, including Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford and Danny Ramirez.

Look below for a sneak peek inside the book!

Captain America: Brave New World: A Hero Looks Like You

CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD: A HERO LOOKS LIKE YOU
ISBN: 978-1368098083
Publisher: Marvel Press, part of Disney Publishing Worldwide
Jacketed Hardcover Picture Book | 32 pages
Age Range: 3-7
$18.99
Available now

About the Authors

Kwame Mbalia is a husband, father, and New York Times bestselling author of the Tristan Strong series, for which he received a Coretta Scott King Author Honor award for Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky. Kwame also cowrote Last Gate of the Emperor with Prince Joel Makonnen and edited the instant New York Times best seller Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood. Kwame lives with his wife and children near Raleigh, North Carolina, where he is currently working on several projects—including a new middle-grade series—and cultivating cutting edge dad jokes. www.KwameMbalia.com

Nikkolas Smith is an Artivist, picture book author, and Hollywood film illustrator. He is the author-illustrator of The Artivist, The Golden Girls of Rio, and My Hair Is Poofy & That’s Okay. He also illustrated I Am Ruby Bridges, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: The Courage to Dream, That Flag, and the New York Times bestselling The 1619 Project: Born on the Water. Many of Nikkolas’s viral and globally published sketches are included in his book Sunday Sketch: The Art of Nikkolas. Nikkolas speaks on his Artivism and leads digital painting workshops around the world. Born in Houston, Texas, Nikkolas lives in Los Angeles, California.  www.NIKKOLAS.art

Captain America: Brave New World: A Hero Looks Like You is available now from Disney Books and wherever books are sold!

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