Title We could fly / Rhiannon Giddens ; illustrated by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu. [Boundless electronic resource]

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First edition.

Publication Info.

Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023.

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Description	1 online resource (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations
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Summary	"At a sparrow's urging, a young girl feels a mysterious trembling in her arms, a lightness in her feet, a longing to be free. Her mother tells her that her Granny Liza experienced the same, as did many of their people before her. Perhaps it's time, Mama says, to slip the bonds of earth and join the journey started long ago. To hold each other tight and rise. Drawing on lyrics from the song "We Could Fly" by Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk Powell, which in turn draw on a heritage of African folklore, this incantatory dialogue between a mother and daughter paired with startlingly beautiful illustrations celebrates love, resilience, and the spiritual power of the"old-time ways"--tradition and shared cultural memory--to sustain and uplift."-- Provided by publisher.
System Details	Requires Boundless App.
Subject	African American girls -- Juvenile fiction.
	Mother and child -- Juvenile fiction.
	Grandparent and child -- Juvenile fiction.
	Spirituals (Songs) -- Juvenile fiction.
	Memory -- Juvenile fiction.
	Folklore -- Africa.
	African American girls -- Fiction.
	Mother and child -- Fiction.
	Grandparent and child -- Fiction.
	Spirituals (Songs) -- Fiction.
	Love -- Fiction.
	Memory -- Fiction.
	Stories in rhyme.
	Picture books.
	Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
	African Americans -- Fiction.
Genre	Stories in rhyme.
	Picture books.
	Folk songs.
	Song texts.
Added Author	Uchendu, Briana Mukodiri, illustrator.
Other Form:	Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Giddens, Rhiannon, 1977- We could fly Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023 9781536222548 (NjBwBT)bl2023174041
ISBN	9781536234619
	1536234613

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