"This story...consists of four short verses about the happy home life of a young African-American boy. Family love and the shared stories and symbols that connect the generations are pervasive themes." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780531071755
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Publication Date: 09-01-2000
Pages: 32
Product Dimensions: 8.50(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range: 3 - 5 Years
Series: Richard Jackson Bks.
About the Author
Angela Johnson was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, but raised in Windham, Ohio; the only girl in a family of five. She now lives in Northeastern Ohio in a 100-year-old house full of plants. When not writing, she travels. On one of her trips to the California desert, the inspiration for her first novel, Toning the Sweep, came about.