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Our children can soar : a celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the pioneers of change / Michelle Cook ; foreword by Marian Wright Edelman ; illustrations by Cozbi Cabrera, R. Gregory Christie, Bryan Collier, Pat Cummings, Leo and Diane Dillon, AG Ford, E. B. Lewis, Frank Morrison, James Ransome, Charlotte Riley-Webb, Shadra Strickland, Eric Velasquez.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection E185.96 .C67 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cook, Michelle.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Biography.
- African American celebrities--Biography.
- African American celebrities.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Picture books.
- Picture books for children.
- Children's nonfiction.
- Children's picture books.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [32] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
- Edition:
- [First U.S. edition.]
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury, 2009.
- Summary:
- A poem of African American history enhanced by illustrations.
- Contents:
- George Washington Carver
- Jesse Owens
- Hattie McDaniel
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Jackie Robinson
- Rosa Parks
- Ruby Bridges
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Thurgood Marshall
- Barack Obama.
- Notes:
- "The artwork in this book was rendered in a variety of styles using multiple mediums, including acrylics, watercolors, pastels, and collage."
- "Book design by by Donna Mark."
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Image Awards Outstanding Literary Work - Children, Winner, 2010
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 9781599904184
- 1599904187
- 9781599904191
- 1599904195
- OCLC:
- 298781314
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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