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Bronzeville Boys and Girls

by: Gwendolyn Brooks

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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780060295059
ISBN: 0060295058
Label: Amistad
Manufacturer: Amistad
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 48
Publication Date: January 01, 2007
Publisher: Amistad
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Release Date: December 26, 2006
Studio: Amistad
Sales Rank: 181601




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In 1956, Pulitzer Prize winner Gwendolyn Brooks created a collection of poems that celebrated the joy, beauty, imagination, and freedom of childhood. She reminded us that whether we live in the Bronzeville section of Chicago or any other neighborhood, childhood is universal in its richness of emotions and experiences. And now a brand-new generation of readers will savor Ms. Brooks's poems in this stunning reillustrated edition that features vibrant paintings by Caldecott Honor artist Faith Ringgold.





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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A tip of the hat to an all time great
We needn't act so surprised that the great twentieth century American poet Gwendolyn Brooks wrote books of poetry for children. What could be more natural? This poet shares her gifts with the small people that inhabit her hometown (in this case, Chicago). What did surprise me was the original publication date of this title. Now I read through this entire collection of urban poetry and I had a fairly clear idea that these poems must have been written in the 1970s. After all, collections of poems featuring African-American children were just beginning to blossom after the Civil Rights movement. I was feeling pretty smug until I glanced at the date in question. 1956. So roughly twenty years before the United States understood the importance of creating children's literature for people ... Read More


 


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