age ~72
from Dallas, TX
...with perfect arms and perfect lipsand tiny fingersand perfect hips.In tender verse, National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Thomas celebrates all that's precious about a new baby. Nneka Bennett's gentle illustrations interpret each line of verse with love and care. You Are My Perfect Baby is the ...
Author
Joyce Carol Thomas
Binding
Board book
Pages
14
Publisher
HarperFestival
ISBN #
0694010960
EAN Code
9780694010967
ISBN #
6
Acclaimed anthropologist, folklorist, and novelist Zora Neale Hurston traveled the back roads of the rural South, collecting stories from men, women, and children in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana so that the spirit and richness of the oral storytelling tradition could be shared and preser...
Author
Zora Neale Hurston, Joyce Carol Thomas
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
32
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN #
0060006439
EAN Code
9780060006433
ISBN #
10
From National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Thomas comes a glorious collection of 10 African American lullabies. Here are the hush songs that have gentled babies & comforted children for generations, from Brown Baby & Scarlet Ribbons to Raisins & Almonds. Also included are 3 original hush songs by T...
Author
Joyce Carol Thomas
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
48
Publisher
Hyperion Book CH
ISBN #
0786805625
EAN Code
9780786805624
ISBN #
9
THE SIX FOOLS Zora Neale Hurston Who's the biggest fool? Is it the girl who floods her basement with cider, the man who jumps into his pants, the farmer who feeds his cow on the roof, or the woman who tries to fill her wheelbarrow with sunshine? Based on a story collected by Zora Neale Hurston du...
Author
Zora Neale Hurston, Joyce Carol Thomas
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
40
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN #
0060006463
EAN Code
9780060006464
ISBN #
8
When the Supreme Court decision to desegregate public schools was handed down in 1954, the course of American history was forever changed. Here are personal reflections, stories, and poems from ten of today's most accomplished writers for children, all young people themselves at the time of the Brow...
Author
Joyce Carol Thomas
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
144
Publisher
Hyperion Book CH
ISBN #
0786808217
EAN Code
9780786808212
ISBN #
7
We are color struck The way an artist strikesHis canvas with his brush of many huesLook closely at these mirrorsthese palettes of skinEach color is richin its own rightBlack is dazzling and distinctive, like toasted wheat berry bread; snowberries in the fall; rich, red cranberries; and the bronzed l...
Author
Joyce Carol Thomas
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
32
Publisher
Amistad
ISBN #
0060253754
EAN Code
9780060253752
ISBN #
1
First published in Thomas's award-winning collection of poetry"Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea", this prose poem carries with it a heartfelt message for young children who are just learning to appreciate their own unique and wonderful qualities. Full color.
Author
Joyce Carol Thomas
Binding
Paperback
Pages
24
Publisher
HarperFestival
ISBN #
0694010979
EAN Code
9780694010974
ISBN #
4
A collection of eleven short stories depicting what it is like to be young in America, exploring such diverse cultures as urban San Francisco, a Chippewa Indian reservation, and a Latino barrio in Chicago.
Author
Joyce Carol Thomas
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
232
Publisher
Harpercollins Childrens Books
ISBN #
0060261730
EAN Code
9780060261733
ISBN #
5