| Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm |
| 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 / Tiffany McKnight -- One-way ticket / 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Audience |
NP Lexile |
| Note |
NP Lexile |
| Subject |
African American boys -- Juvenile poetry.
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Black people -- Juvenile poetry.
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Boys -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile poetry.
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African Americans -- Juvenile poetry.
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Children's poetry, American -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre |
Poetry.
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| Added Title |
13 ways of looking at a black boy |
| ISBN |
9780998799940 (hardcover) |
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0998799947 (hardcover) |
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