When Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders

Lewis, J. Patrick

ISBN 10: 1452101191 / ISBN 13: 9781452101194

Published by Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 2012

About this Item

First Edition with "1" on number line per copy right page. Hardback book. J. Patrick Lewis who was the Children's Poet Laureate 2011-2013. gives a new voice to seventeen fighters for the equal rights of all mankind. Illustrated in beautiful color paintings by several different re-known illustrators. Signed by R. Gregory Christie, one of the illustrators, on title page. Illustrated covered boards s are clean and colorful. Light shelf wear to corners and bottom of spine. Binding tight. DJ is colorful and bright with shelf wear along edges and bottom of spine. DJ is NOT price clipped and is now in a mylar jacket. Interior pages are bright and colorful. NO writing, tears or creases. Unusual to find a children's book that is 10+ years old in such excellent condition. Note: We have a closed shop - so our books are not handled by public. We make every effort to fairly describe the condition of the book and identify any flaws (writing, tears, creases, folds), including that of the dust jacket. We use the "Fine or Near Fine" book condition judiciously when grading of the book or dust jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: When Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders
• Publisher: Chronicle Books, San Francisco
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1452101191
• ISBN 13: 9781452101194
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Burke, J. Christie, R. Gregory; Engel, Tonya, Parra, John; So, Meilo
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Illustrator(s)

About this title

Synopsis

In moving verse, Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis gives new voice to seventeen heroes of civil rights. Exquisitely illustrated by five extraordinary artists, this commanding collection of poems invites the reader to hear in each verse the thunder that lies in every voice, no matter how small. Featuring civil rights luminaries Coretta Scott King, Harvey Milk, Mohandas Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Sylvia Mendez, Aung San Suu Kyi, Mamie Carthan Till, Helen Zia, Josh Gibson, Dennis James Banks, Mitsuye Endo, Ellison Onizuka, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Yunus, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner.

About the Authors

J. Patrick Lewis is the Poetry Foundation's 2011–2013 Children's Poet Laureate. He is the award-winning author of more than 75 books for young people and lives in Westerville, Ohio.

R. Gregory Christie lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Meilo So lives in the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom.

John Parra lives in Queens, New York.

Jim Burke lives in Beacon, New York.

Tonya Engel lives in Brooklyn, New York.

J. Patrick Lewis is the Poetry Foundation's 2011'2013 Children's Poet Laureate. He is the award-winning author of more than 75 books for young people and lives in Westerville, Ohio.

R. Gregory Christie lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Meilo So lives in the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom.

John Parra lives in Queens, New York.

Jim Burke lives in Beacon, New York.

Tonya Engel lives in Brooklyn, New York.