Bronzeville Boys and GirlsBronzeville Boys and Girls
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Book, 2007
Current format, Book, 2007, Newly illustrated ed, All copies in use.Book, 2007
Current format, Book, 2007, Newly illustrated ed, All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsOriginally published in 1956, a collection of poems for and about children depicting life in big cities has been beautifully reillustrated by a Caldecott Honor artist.
A collection of poems that celebrate the joy, beauty, imagination, and freedom of childhood.
Offers a collection of poems for and about children, presenting thoughts and experiences about what life is like in big cities.
<p>This classic picture book from Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks, paired with full-color illustrations by Caldecott Honor artist Faith Ringgold, explores the lives and dreams of the children who live together in an urban neighborhood. In 1956, Gwendolyn Brooks created thirty-four poems that celebrated the joy, beauty, imagination, and freedom of childhood. <em>Bronzeville Boys and Girls</em> features these timeless poems, which remind us that whether we live in the Bronzeville section of Chicago or any other neighborhood, childhood is universal in its richness of emotions and new experiences.</p>
A collection of poems that celebrate the joy, beauty, imagination, and freedom of childhood.
Offers a collection of poems for and about children, presenting thoughts and experiences about what life is like in big cities.
This classic picture book from Pulitzer Prize'winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks, paired with full-color illustrations by Caldecott Honor artist Faith Ringgold, explores the lives and dreams of the children who live together in an urban neighborhood. In 1956, Gwendolyn Brooks created thirty-four poems that celebrated the joy, beauty, imagination, and freedom of childhood. Bronzeville Boys and Girls features these timeless poems, which remind us that whether we live in the Bronzeville section of Chicago or any other neighborhood, childhood is universal in its richness of emotions and new experiences.
<p>This classic picture book from Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks, paired with full-color illustrations by Caldecott Honor artist Faith Ringgold, explores the lives and dreams of the children who live together in an urban neighborhood. In 1956, Gwendolyn Brooks created thirty-four poems that celebrated the joy, beauty, imagination, and freedom of childhood. <em>Bronzeville Boys and Girls</em> features these timeless poems, which remind us that whether we live in the Bronzeville section of Chicago or any other neighborhood, childhood is universal in its richness of emotions and new experiences.</p>
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