Pub Date: January 1, 2005
Dewey: E
LCCN: 98014039
Lexile Code: 0980
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 05 to 08
Physical Info: 0.39" H x 11.38" L x 9.28" W ( 1.01 lbs) 40 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | SelfEsteem and SelfReliance | Family | Parents | African American and Black | General
Series: Paula Wiseman Books
Description: When normal-sized Hewitt is born into the Anderson family--a family of giants--the Andersons' lives are turned upside-down. It's up to Hewitt to show all the generations of the Andersons the power of being small. Full color.
Brief description: Kadir Nelson has been honored with the Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, acknowledging his significant and lasting contribution to children's literature. He is an award-winning American artist whose works have been exhibited in major national and international publications, institutions, art galleries, and museums. Nelson's work has won the Coretta Scott King Award, the Robert F. Sibert Award, two Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Awards, and the 2005 Society of Illustrators Gold Medal. His beloved, award-winning, and bestselling picture books include We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball; Thunder Rose, written by Jerdine Nolen; Ellington Was Not a Street, written by Ntozake Shange; Salt in His Shoes, written by Deloris Jordan and Roslyn M. Jordan; and many more. Kadir lives in Los Angeles.