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The dream keeper and other poems : including seven additional poems
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Brian PinkneyLangston Hughes

Illus. in black-and-white. This classic collection of poetry is available in a handsome new gift edition that includes seven additional poems written after The Dream Keeper was first published. In a larger format, featuring Brian Pinkney's scratchboard art on every spread, Hughes's inspirational message to young people is as relevant today as it was in 1932.

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ISBN/ISSN
0590623966
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83 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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Call Number
811 HUG
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In daddy's arms I am tall : African Americans celebrating fathers
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Javaka Steptoe

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Twelve poets give testimony to the powerful bond between African American fathers, children, and grandchildren in this brilliantly illustrated volume.

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ISBN/ISSN
0439056551
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32 pages : illustration : 22 cm
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811 STE
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Ashley Bryan : words to my life's song
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Ashley BryanBill Meguinness

Ashley's autobiography is full of art, photographs, and the poignant never-say-never tale of his rich life, a life that has always included drawing and painting. Even as a boy growing up during the Depression, he painted -- finding cast off objects to turn into books and kites and toy and art. Even as a solder in the segregated Army on the beaches of Normandy, he sketched -- keeping charcoal cr…

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ISBN/ISSN
9781416905417
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58 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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928 BRY
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Christopher Paul Curtis
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Jill C. Wheeler

This biography introduces readers to Christopher Paul Curtis, the Newbery Award and Coretta Scott King Award winning author who wrote The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963, Bud, Not Buddy, Elijah of Buxton, and other novels for young readers. Readers will learn about the years Curtis spent on an automobile assembly line in Michigan, his path to becoming a writer, and the inspiration for his books. …

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ISBN/ISSN
9781617830464
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24 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
Series Title
Children's Authors Checkerboard Biography Library
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928 WHE