Pub Date: December 26, 2006
Dewey: 811.54
LCCN: 2006001947
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: 04 to 08
Physical Info: 0.60" H x 11.34" L x 9.22" W ( 1.07 lbs) 48 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General | African American and Black | Places | Diversity and Multicultural | Religion | Readers | Beginner | History | United States State and Local | Animals | Baby Animals | Girls and Women | United States 21st Century | Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures | Social Topics | Emotions and Feelings | SelfEsteem and SelfReliance | Family | General see also headings under Social Topics | Lifestyles | City and Town Life
Description: In 1956, Pulitzer Prize winner Gwendolyn Brooks composed a collection of poems that celebrated the joy, beauty, imagination, and freedom of childhood. Now this beautifully reillustrated edition features vibrant new artwork by Caldecott Honor artist and Coretta Scott King Award winner Ringgold. Full color.
Brief description:
An award-winning artist internationally renowned for her painted story quilts, Faith Ringgold is also the author of thirteen children's picture books, including the 1992 Caldecott Honor Award-winning Tar Beach. Her artwork is in the permanent collections of many museums, including the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. She also has had exhibitions in major museums in the United States, Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. She lives in Englewood, New Jersey, with her husband.