Our Children Can Soar:
A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change
by Michelle Cook.
Foreword by Marian Wright Edelman.
CONDITION: FINE Condition. NEW.
ATTRIBUTES: Hardcover with dustjacket, as issued.
CATALOG INFO: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2009.
ISBN: 1599904187
FIRST EDITION. FIRST PRINTING. Signed by 3 of the illustrators - Leo Dilllon, R. Gregory Christie and Diane Dillon. UNCOMMON. THE ILLUSTRATORS: A.G. Ford, Bryan Collier, Charlotte Riley-Webb, Cozbi Cabrera, Diane Dillon , E.B. Lewis , Eric Velasquez, Frank Morrison, James Ransome, Leo Dillon, Pat Cummings, R. Gregory Christie, Shadra Strickland, and AG Ford.
"This book spotlights a historical African-American figure on each spread. Cook's brief words introduce 11 key individuals, beginning with "Our ancestors foughta€¦/so George [Washington Carver] could invent./George inventeda€¦so Jesse [Owens] could sprint./Jesse sprinteda€¦."Each stunning spread features full-bleed artwork done by a different children's book illustrator, such as James Ransome, Leo and Diane Dillon, Pat Cummings, E. B. Lewis, and Bryan Collier.
Sports greats Jesse Owens and Jackie Robinson verily leap from the pages. Ruby Bridges steps innocently into her school building, guarded by two federal marshals. An unknown Civil War soldier reminds readers of nameless heroes who struggled for freedom. These images will motivate students to seek further information about the people depicted here.
Paragraph-length profiles of these "pioneers of change" are appended as are the artists' biographies, which will lead students to discover a rich body of work by contemporary illustrators. A perfect read-aloud to introduce a lesson on biographies or African-American studies." -- C.T.
SUBJECT - CATEGORYSUBJECT - CATEGORY
Art|Juvenile|Children's|Literary Studies|iIllustration Classic Literature, Non-Fiction Education African American American United Sates History, Collecting Collection Collectable ref: grp BOS_H
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