DeShawn days / by Tony Medina ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Medina, Tony.

Contributor:

Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- illustrator.

Hale, Christy, designer.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American boys--Juvenile poetry.

African American boys.

African American families--Juvenile poetry.

African American families.

Inner cities--Juvenile poetry.

Inner cities.

Children's poetry, American.

Inner cities--Poetry.

African Americans--Poetry.

Family life--Poetry.

Genre:

Narrative poetry.

Juvenile materials.

Juvenile works.

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[32] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Edition:

[1st ed.]

Place of Publication:

New York : Lee & Low Books Inc., [©2001].

Summary:

Poems describe the life of an inner city boy.

Contents:

In my house

My grandmother's legs

What is life like in the 'hood

My cousin Tiffany

Watching the news

My friend in school

I hate graffiti

I love rap

Staying up late

I love my block

Cheering people up

When my grandmother died

In my mother's arms.

Notes:

"Book design by Christy Hale."

"The illustrations are rendered in acrylic."

"First Edition"

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraris in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

1584300221 :

9781584300229

9781584302285

1584302283

OCLC:

45023421

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