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What is it to be an American? In lyrical, soul-searching free verse and seamless, evocative paintings, the father-son team who presented Jazz, delivers a heartfelt and thought-provoking homage to this country. Reflective and non-judgmental, stretching across a tumultuous history, following dreams of and struggles for freedom, this is a masterful and stunning presentation of patriotism through poetry, quotations and depictions of myriad Americans - from Tecumseh to Abraham Lincoln to Jimi Hendrix - and the heart and soul of this land.
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Praise for Ida B. Wells: "Masterful."--ALA Booklist
Praise for Muhammad Ali: "The spirit of prizefighter Muhammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay, permeates the action-filled pages."--School Library Journal
Praise for Ida B. Wells: "Accessible to younger elementary audiences."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Praise for Muhammad Ali: The spirit of prizefighter Muhammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay, permeates the action-filled pages. --School Library Journal"
Praise for Ida B. Wells: Important and inspiring. --School Library Journal (starred review)"
Praise for Ida B. Wells: Masterful. --ALA Booklist"
Praise for Ida B. Wells: Accessible to younger elementary audiences. --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"
Praise for Ida B. Wells: "Important and inspiring."--School Library Journal (starred review)
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Praise for Muhammad Ali: "The spirit of prizefighter Muhammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay, permeates the action-filled pages."--School Library Journal
Praise for Ida B. Wells: "Accessible to younger elementary audiences."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Praise for Muhammad Ali: The spirit of prizefighter Muhammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay, permeates the action-filled pages. --School Library Journal"
Praise for Ida B. Wells: Important and inspiring. --School Library Journal (starred review)"
Praise for Ida B. Wells: Masterful. --ALA Booklist"
Praise for Ida B. Wells: Accessible to younger elementary audiences. --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"
Praise for Ida B. Wells: "Important and inspiring."--School Library Journal (starred review)
New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers and Caldecott Honor artist Christopher Myers, the father-son team who created harlem, celebrate the freedom dream that is America: our struggles, our ideals, and our hope that we can live up to them.
What is it to be an American?
To live in a strange and beautiful land of complexity, with a tumultuous history of epic proportions, among the people who were here first, who came after, who will come tomorrow.
We were the youth that could not fail
Planting our high ideals in virgin lands and eager hearts
Making vows forever brighter than the story we would live . . .
The lyrical free verse evocative of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass and striking mural-like paintings are a testimonial to the heart and soul of our country: its ordinary and extraordinary people and the monumental events that have shaped our nation. With layered, sweeping panoramic paintings and text rich with historical allusion, this stunning picture book features passionate writings and vivid portraits of political Americans, from Tecumseh, the Shawnee chief, to Abraham Lincoln to Jimi Hendrix.
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- PublisherLive Oak Media (NY)
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1430111119
- ISBN 13 9781430111115
- BindingProduct Bundle
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