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32 pp.
| Dial
| June, 2017
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TradeISBN 978-0-8037-3700-6$17.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Kadir Nelson.
Spare, powerful prose presents the American flag and the American landscape and people in parallel: "Sew together one nation / So together one nation." Evocative paintings portray the natural scenery as well as images from history, including civil rights marchers, long rows of pioneers in covered wagons, and men walking on the moon. A refreshingly unsentimental yet hopeful look at America.
32 pp.
| Simon/Beach Lane
| November, 2014
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TradeISBN 978-1-4424-3412-7$17.99
|
EbookISBN 978-1-4424-3413-4
(2)
PS
Illustrated by
Margaret Chodos-Irvine.
An ethnically diverse classroom of children hears the "BOOM BOOM!" of a thunderstorm. They explore outside as the last raindrops "drip drip"; which leads to puddle-jumping ("splash! splash!"). The rhyming pattern--with one or two onomatopoeic words per image--continues as the seasons progress ("crunch crunch" of leaves and apples in the fall). Authentically childlike emotion is conveyed by the mixed-media art.