I Lay My Stitches Down

I Lay My Stitches Down PDF Author: Cynthia Grady
Publisher: Eerdmans Young Readers
ISBN: 0802853862
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20

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Book Description
Mirroring the structure of a quilt, this volume of poems are built in three layers, representing biblical/spiritual reference, musical reference, and references to sewing/quilting itself. These are the poems of American slavery."--

I Lay My Stitches Down

I Lay My Stitches Down PDF Author: Cynthia Grady
Publisher: Eerdmans Young Readers
ISBN: 0802853862
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20

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Book Description
Mirroring the structure of a quilt, this volume of poems are built in three layers, representing biblical/spiritual reference, musical reference, and references to sewing/quilting itself. These are the poems of American slavery."--

Like a Bird

Like a Bird PDF Author: Cynthia Grady
Publisher: Millbrook Press ™
ISBN: 1512418994
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
Enslaved African Americans longed for freedom, and that longing took many forms—including music. Drawing on biblical imagery, slave songs both expressed the sorrow of life in bondage and offered a rallying cry for the spirit. Like a Bird brings together text, music, and illustrations by Coretta Scott King Award–winning illustrator Michele Wood to convey the rich meaning behind thirteen of these powerful songs.

Going for the Record

Going for the Record PDF Author: Julie A. Swanson
Publisher: Eerdmans Young Readers
ISBN: 9780802852731
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Book Description
Seventeen-year-old Leah's chance to make the national soccer team does not seem so important when she learns that her father has cancer and may only have months to live.

Representations of Slavery in Children's Picture Books

Representations of Slavery in Children's Picture Books PDF Author: Raphael Rogers
Publisher: Routledge Research in Education
ISBN: 9781138739208
Category : Picture books for children
Languages : en
Pages : 209

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Book Description
Slavery on their minds -- Framing a method to examine picture book about slavery -- Sojourner truth's step-stomp stride -- Moses: when harriet led her people to freedom -- Freedom¿s a-callin me -- I lay my stitches down: poems of american slavery -- January¿s sparrow -- Night running: how james escaped with the help of his faithful dog -- I want to be free -- Show way -- Heart and soul: the story of america and african americans -- Conclusion

The Yes

The Yes PDF Author: Sarah Bee
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802854494
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 15

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Book Description
A great, orange thing called the Yes leaves his cozy nest and sets out for a Where he must reach, but he is surrounded by swarms of Nos, flimsy creatures that try to stop him every step of the way.

Psalm Twenty-Three

Psalm Twenty-Three PDF Author:
Publisher: Eerdmans Young Readers
ISBN: 9780802851635
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Book Description
The text of the familiar psalm comparing God to a loving shepherd accompanies illustrations which shows the world of love and fear faced by an urban African-American family.

Verity

Verity PDF Author: Colleen Hoover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 153872474X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295

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Book Description
Whose truth is the lie? Stay up all night reading the sensational psychological thriller that has readers obsessed, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Too Late and It Ends With Us. #1 New York Times Bestseller · USA Today Bestseller · Globe and Mail Bestseller · Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity’s notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn’t expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night her family was forever altered. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents could devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen’s feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife’s words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue loving her.

Write to Me

Write to Me PDF Author: Cynthia Grady
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780876172926
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Book Description
A touching story about Japanese American children who corresponded with their beloved librarian while they were imprisoned in WW II internment camps. Booklist writes, ''A beautiful picture book for sharing and discussing with older children as well as the primary audience.'' Starred Review

Home After Dark: A Novel

Home After Dark: A Novel PDF Author: David Small
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
ISBN: 1631493361
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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Book Description
“Among the most masterful storytellers alive today” (Gene Luen Yang), “few creators mine the pathos of a dark midcentury childhood like Small” (Washington Post). Since the publication of Stitches a decade ago, David Small has emerged as one of the seminal authors in the genre of graphic literature. Here, in Home After Dark, a Boston Globe Best Book of 2018, Small provides a “painfully honest” and “haunting work of unfolding surprise” (Jules Feiffer) that renders the brutality of adolescence in the 1950s. Through “gorgeous and expressive drawings” (Roz Chast), Small “recaptures the inchoate chaos of youth” (Jack Gantos), telling the story of thirteen- year- old Russell Pruitt, who, abandoned by his mother, follows his father to the sun- splashed land of California in search of a dream. Suddenly forced to fend for himself, Russell struggles to survive in Marshfield, a dilapidated town haunted by a sadistic animal killer and a ring of malicious boys. Eerily foreboding yet filled with uncanny psychological insights and stray glimmers of hope, Home After Dark confirms Small’s place as a modern master of graphic fiction.

The Animals Speak

The Animals Speak PDF Author: Marion Dane Bauer
Publisher: Beaming Books
ISBN: 1506466885
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Book Description
Long ago and even today, the story is told of how all the animals in the world, at the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve, speak. With their newfound power of speech, the animals rejoice at the birth of Jesus, born humbly in a manger and surrounded by animals. Singing in treetops, braying in stables, barking in yards--the animals all rejoice and proclaim, "The Child is come." With rich illustrations and lyrical text, Newbery Honor Award-winner Marion Dane Bauer delights readers of all ages with this fresh telling of a classic Christmas legend.