EIGHT books read - all today!
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mojosmomNo, I'm not a super-fast reader. There was an exhibition at the Art Institute called Honoring Heroes in History: Illustrations from the Coretta Scott King Award Books, 2001 - 2005, and reading copies of the books were available to be perused. So peruse I did.
#s 32 - 39
God Bless the Child, by Billie Holiday & Arthur Herzog, Jr., illustrated by Jerry PInkney The Great Migration from the rural South to the urban North
Ellington Was Not a Street, by Ntozake Shange, illustrated by Kadir Nelson A group of friends before they were famous
Visiting Langston, by Willie Pearlman, illustrated by Bryan Collier A little girl who wants to be a poet is wearing her favorite pink blouse, because her daddy is taking her to Langston's house!
Uptown, written and ilustrated by Bryan Collier The sights and sounds of Harlem
Almost to Freedom, by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by Colin Bootman Oh, man, give me a hankie. I was sniffling up a storm. Taking a note from the finding of dolls in hidden rooms on the Underground Railway, Nelson writes the story of one family's escape from slavery from the point of view of their little girl's doll.
Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles -- Think of That!, written and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon This one had me tapping my toes right there in the gallery!
Goin' Someplace Special, by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 'Tricia Ann is on her way to "Someplace Special", but Jim Crow has her discouraged. But she gets there -- it's the library! Based on the true story of the quiet desegration of the Nashville (Tennessee) Public Library.
Thunder Rose, by Jerdine Nolen, illustrated by Kadir Nelson Thunder Rose is talking from the day she is born, with superpowers and a super heart!
#s 32 - 39
God Bless the Child, by Billie Holiday & Arthur Herzog, Jr., illustrated by Jerry PInkney The Great Migration from the rural South to the urban North
Ellington Was Not a Street, by Ntozake Shange, illustrated by Kadir Nelson A group of friends before they were famous
Visiting Langston, by Willie Pearlman, illustrated by Bryan Collier A little girl who wants to be a poet is wearing her favorite pink blouse, because her daddy is taking her to Langston's house!
Uptown, written and ilustrated by Bryan Collier The sights and sounds of Harlem
Almost to Freedom, by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by Colin Bootman Oh, man, give me a hankie. I was sniffling up a storm. Taking a note from the finding of dolls in hidden rooms on the Underground Railway, Nelson writes the story of one family's escape from slavery from the point of view of their little girl's doll.
Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles -- Think of That!, written and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon This one had me tapping my toes right there in the gallery!
Goin' Someplace Special, by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 'Tricia Ann is on her way to "Someplace Special", but Jim Crow has her discouraged. But she gets there -- it's the library! Based on the true story of the quiet desegration of the Nashville (Tennessee) Public Library.
Thunder Rose, by Jerdine Nolen, illustrated by Kadir Nelson Thunder Rose is talking from the day she is born, with superpowers and a super heart!
