Pub Date: April 7, 2020
Dewey: E
Lexile Code: 0670
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 05 to 08
Physical Info: 0.40" H x 9.50" L x 8.80" W ( 0.65 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Diversity and Multicultural | Clothing Dress and Hair | Stories in Verse see also Poetry
Description: "Some people have dresses for every occasion, but Afiya needs only one. Her dress records the memories of her childhood, from roses in bloom to pigeons in flight, from tigers at the zoo to October leaves falling. A joyful celebration of a young girl's childhood"--
Brief description: James Berry was a celebrated Jamaican poet, living in the UK. James received a Coretta Scott King Book Award and the Smarties Grand Prix, and was awarded an OBE by the Queen for services to poetry. He passed away in 2017.
Review Quotes:
"[A] joyous celebration of childhood, culture and place . . . "--The New York Times
-- (12/12/2020 12:00:00 AM)