Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy
Oklahoma City : Penny Candy Books, 2018, ©2018.
Format: Book
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
A fresh perspective of young men of color depicting thirteen views of everyday life: young boys dressed in their Sunday best, running to catch a bus, and growing up to be teachers, and much more. Each of Tony Medina's tanka is matched with a different artist including recent Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Award recipients.
Contents:
Thirteen ways: an introduction -- Anacostia angel / illustrated by Floyd Cooper -- Little Mister May / illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera -- Images of kin / illustrated by Skip Hill -- The charmer / illustrated by Tiffany McKnight -- One-way ticket / illustrated by Robert Liu-Trujillo -- Lazy hazy daze / illustrated by Keith Mallett -- My soul to keep / illustrated by Shawn K. Alexander -- Do not enter / illustrated by Kesha Bruce -- Street corner prophet / illustrated by Brianna McCarthy -- Athlete's broke bus blues / illustrated by R. Gregory Christie -- Brothers gonna work it out / illustrated by Ekua Holmes -- Cat at the curb / illustrated by Javaka Steptoe -- Givin' back to the community / illustrated by Chandra Cox.
Subjects:
African American boys -- Juvenile poetry -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Juvenile poetry -- Juvenile literature.
Boys -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile poetry -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Poetry -- Juvenile literature.
African American boys -- Juvenile poetry -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Juvenile poetry -- Juvenile literature.
Boys -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile poetry -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Poetry -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9780998799940
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C LITERATURE Poetry AF AM Med | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C LITERATURE Poetry AF AM Med | Main (Downtown) | Display, Children's NonFiction | Out (Due: 5/23/2024) |
C LITERATURE Poetry AF AM Med | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C LITERATURE Poetry AF AM Med | Edgewood | Display, Children's NonFiction | In |
Poems.
"The poems in [this book] were first published in slightly different form under the title Ancostia suite (13 ways of looking at a black boy) in Revise the Psalm: work celebrating the writing of Gwendolyn Brooks ... (Curbside Splendor, 2017)"--Title page verso.
Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature, 2018
School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018
"The poems in [this book] were first published in slightly different form under the title Ancostia suite (13 ways of looking at a black boy) in Revise the Psalm: work celebrating the writing of Gwendolyn Brooks ... (Curbside Splendor, 2017)"--Title page verso.
Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature, 2018
School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018