Pub Date: September 1, 2015
Dewey: E
Lexile Code: 0490
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 04 to 07
Physical Info: 0.20" H x 10.80" L x 8.30" W ( 0.35 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | African American and Black | General | Social Themes | Prejudice Racism and Colorism | Historical | United States 20th Century | Family | Multigenerational | Diversity and Multicultural | United States 21st Century | Biographical | United States | Strangers | Values and Virtues
Description:
In this powerful intergenerational story of African-American history, Joseph learns from his grandfather that people joined their hands together to fight discrimination so that one day, their hands--Joseph's hands--could do anything at all in this whole wide world.
Brief description: The illustrator of more than sixty children's books, Floyd Cooper is a past recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration and a four-time recipient of the Coretta Scott King Honor Award. He lives in Pennsylvania with his family. Visit his website at www.floydcooper.com.
Review Quotes:
Floyd Cooper is a four-time recipient of the Coretta Scott King Honor.
"For all the many titles that appear on segregation and protest for younger readers, this one stands tall not just for delving into a piece of labor history not previously covered, but for its ability to relate history with heart and resonance."--Kirkus, starred review ". . . stirring pictures celebrate the historic civil rights and union protests that brought attention to the issue . . . The story's roots in rarely told history will widen the audience for this moving title to older readers, too."--Booklist