In Praise of Our Fathers and Our Mothers: A Black Family Treasury by Outstanding Authors and Artists - Softcover
Synopsis
Forty nine distinguished writers, artists and photographers contributed to this important anthology. A wonderful tribute to the enduring spirit of the black family and community, this is a book the entire family can enjoy reading together. Contributors include Newbery, Caldecott, Pulitzer, Coretta Scott King and other award-winning writers and visual artists --Gwendolyn Brooks, Ashley Bryan, Virginia Hamilton, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack, Leo and Diane Dillon, Floyd Cooper, Nikki Grimes, Tom Feelings, Haki Madhubuti, Javaka Steptoe, Walter Dean Myers and a host of others.
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About the Author
Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson are a husband and wife team who together founded Just Us Books, Inc. an independent publishing company of Black interest books for children. Together they have created and edited a number of children's books including the popular AFRO-BETS series, Kids Book of Wisdom: Quotes From the African American Tradition and How Sweet the sound: African American Songs for children.
Wade Hudson is also the compiler for Pass It On: African American Poetry for Children, Jamal's Busy Day, Anthony's Big Surprise, and AFRO-BETS Book of Black Heroes From A to Z.
Cheryl Willis Hudson is the author of AFRO-BETS ABC Book, Bright eyes Brown Skin, Many Colors of Mother Goose, Glo Goes Shopping and Come By Here Lord: Everyday Prayers for Children.
From Booklist
Gr. 6^-12, younger for reading aloud. In this fine anthology of poetry, essays, interviews, memoirs, paintings, and photographs, nearly 50 well-known African American writers and artists draw on their family memories. The tone is upbeat but neither sentimental nor nostalgic. Mildred Pitts Walter tells a heartbreaking story about her mother's strength in harsh times. Nikki Grimes remembers how her father's violin music helped her transcend the mean, noisy streets, and her memoir is illustrated with a tender painting by E. B. Lewis. Walter Dean Myers writes about how he discovered that his foster father couldn't read. There are interviews with Virginia Hamilton, Brian Pinkney, and others, and handsome original art by some of our leading illustrators, including Ashley Bryan, Floyd Cooper, and Diane and Leo Dillon. The design is clear and spacious, and the large-size volume will lend itself to sharing across generations at home, in the library, and at school. This collection may encourage young people to draw on their own family stories. Hazel Rochman
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In Praise of Our Fathers and Our Mothers
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Just Us Books, Incorporated, 1997
ISBN 10: 0940975602
ISBN 13: 9780940975606
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