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Title: Young Cornrows Callin Out the Moon

Publisher: Lee & Low Books, Incorporated

Publication Date: 2007

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Bayoc, Cbabi

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st.

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Synopsis:

Who needs a backyard when there are brownstone steps, double dutch, and freeze tag beneath the sizzling summer sun? The jingling bell of the ice cream truck mingles with laughter and sidewalk rhymes. Frosty lemonade from the corner store and tight cornrows beat the heat with style. There's nothing like summer in the city with friends, family, and a child's imagination for company.

Ruth Forman offers a poetic testament to childhood, language, and play, and Cbabi Bayoc's richly hued paintings bring the streets of South Philadelphia to vivid life.

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Grade 1–3—Summer in the city in South Philly is packed with sense memories for the children who live there. "We don have no backyard frontyard neither. we got black magic n brownstone steps when the sun go down." But what these kids do have is special: "lemonade n black eye peas...n more to watch than tv"—street games, the ice-cream truck, dancing in the street, and relatives and friends. Life is full. And when the sun goes down, they "got to call out the moon." Forman's poetry is sweet and evocative of a blissful childhood filled with tastes and sights and sounds that seem idyllic. Bayoc's illustrations swirl with energy, movement, and color. The text curls and bounces on the early pages, adding rhythm to the playful scenes. This sweet reminiscence invites readers to recall the special things about their own summers—a great introduction to a September ("What did you do over the summer?") writing assignment. It could also be used as an introduction to writing with a sense of place or a memoir.—Mary Hazelton, Elementary Schools in Warren & Waldoboro, ME
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