Bronzeville Boys and Girls by Brooks, Gwendolyn (9780060295059)

Bronzeville Boys and Girls

by Brooks, Gwendolyn , Ringgold, Faith

Hardcover - English

This classic picture book from Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks, paired with full-color illustrations by Caldecott Honor artist Faith Ringgold, explores the lives and dreams of the children who live together in an urban neighborhood. In 1956, Gwendolyn Brooks created thirty-four poems that celebrated the joy, beauty, imagination, and freedom of childhood. Bronzeville Boys and Girls features these timeless poems, which remind us that whether we live in the Bronzeville section of Chicago or any other neighborhood, childhood is universal in its richness of emotions and new experiences.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

0060295058

EAN

9780060295059

Publisher

AMISTAD PR

Publication Date

26 Dec 2006

Pages

Age Group

4 to 8

Grades

P to 03

Weight (kg)

0.48

Dimensions (cm)

28.8 x 23.4 x 1.5

Award(s)

Parents Choice Award (Spring) (1998-2007) - Winner

About Author

Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Annie Allen and one of the most celebrated African American poets. She was Poet Laureate for the state of Illinois, a National Women's Hall of Fame inductee, and a recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts. She received fifty honorary degrees. Her other books include a Street in Bronzeville, In the Mecca, The Bean Eaters, and Maud Martha.