Picture Books
Harper & Brothers, 1952. First printing, as evidenced by the absence of "Grrr" on page 23. Dust jacket protected; light wear to edges, front top corner chipped; price clipped; illustrated paper boards over green cloth spine; decorated endpapers; former owner's name in ink at top of ffep; binding tight; text clean. G+/G
An alphabet book dedicated to specific events and historians in African American History. In this book readers will gain knowledge about African American History not otherwise taught in typical K-12 curriculum. Be introduced to new vocabulary while reading about empowering facts about African American History.
In this lyrical picture book, world-renowned poet, New York Times bestselling author, and Coretta Scott King Honor winner Nikki Giovanni and fine artist Erin Robinson craft an ode to the magic of a library as a place not only for knowledge but also for imagination, exploration, and escape.
In what other place can a child "sail their dreams" and "surf the rainbow" without ever leaving the room? This ode to libraries is a celebration for everyone who loves stories, from seasoned readers to those just learning to love words, and it will have kids and parents alike imagining where their library can take them.
This inspiring read-aloud includes stunning illustrations and a note from Nikki Giovanni about the importance of libraries in her own childhood.
Foreword Review INDIES Multicultural Award, Silver
30 Most Anticipated Fiction Books for Fall, Kirkus Reviews
15 Great New Books for Hispanic Heritage Month, NBC News
A collection of short stories where Mexican-Americans grapple with their roots as their ambitions take them far from home.
How does a Mexican-American, the son of immigrants, a child of the border, la frontera, leave home and move to the heart of gringo America? How does he adapt to the worlds of wealth, elite universities, the rush and power of New York City? How does he make peace with a stern old-fashioned father who has only known hard field labor his whole life? With echoes of Dreiser's American Tragedy and Fitzgerald's Gatsby, Troncoso tells his luminous stories through the lens of an exile adrift in the 21st century, his characters suffering from the loss of culture and language, the loss of roots and home as they adapt to the glittering promises of new worlds which ultimately seem so empty.
I stare in the morning mirror
Angry that my father's eyes
Stare back at me. Confused and distraught after the death of his father, a boy opens an envelope he left behind and is surprised to find a map of the woods beyond their house, with one spot marked in bright red. But why? The woods had been something they shared together, why would his father want him to go alone? Slowly, his mind settles as he sets off through the spaces he once explored with his dad, passing familiar beech and black oak trees, flitting Carolina wrens, and a garter snake they named Sal. When he reaches the spot marked on the map, he finds pages upon pages of drawings of woodland creatures, made by his father when he was his age. What he sees shows him a side of his dad he never knew, and something even deeper for them to share together. His dad knew what he really needed was a walk in the woods. New York Times bestselling author Nikki Grimes and the Caldecott Award winning illustrator Jerry Pinkney spent the early days of the pandemic emailing back and forth and talking about collaborating on a book, with Jerry sharing all of the pictures he took of the woods around his house. From this, they conjured a story of a boy's struggle with grief, and all the things he sees and feels on a walk through the forest. Jerry sadly passed away in the fall of 2021, but not before he delivered tight pencil sketches of the forests he loved. When his son Brian took on the task of completing the illustrations, he found himself connecting with his father in a whole new way, his experience mirroring that of the boy in the book. The result is a simultaneously touching and deeply authentic story about the ways shared pastimes keep us close to those we've lost. A New York Times Best Children's Book of the Year
A Smithsonian Magazine Best Children's Book of the Year
An NPR Book We Love
A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Year
A Horn Book Fanfare Book
A Bookstagang Best Illustrated Picture Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year!
One of BookPage's Ten Best Books of the Year
A CSMCL Best Multicultural Children's Book of the Year
A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
An Evanston Public Library Great Book for Kids