{"product_id":"the-book-of-mean-people-20th-anniversary-edition-hardcover","title":"The Book of Mean People (20th Anniversary Edition) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eToni Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSlade Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new edition for a new world of one of literary legend Toni Morrison's first picture books with her son, Slade Morrison. With an afterword by the inimitable Jewell Parker Rhodes.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is a book about mean people. Some mean people are big. Some little people are mean.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Toni Morrison's second illustrated book collaboration with her son Slade, she offers a humorous and insightful look at how children experience meanness and anger in our world. The Morrisons recognized that the world and its language can be confusing to young people. To a child, meanness can have many shapes, sizes, and sounds. The wise young narrator shows that meanness can be a whisper or a shout, a smile or a frown as the list of mean people grows to include parents, siblings, and bullies of several varieties. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday's young readers certainly know about meanness and will feel satisfied by having their perspective championed in \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Mean People\u003c\/i\u003e as well as heartened by the book's message of embracing optimism, kindness, and joy despite any meanness they encounter. And adult readers will no doubt recognize some of these situations from their own life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith whimsical yet sophisticated art by bestselling illustrator Pascal Lemaitre, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Mean People\u003c\/i\u003e is as relevant today as it was when it was originally published 20 years ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeatures a new cover and back matter that includes an afterword by bestselling and critically acclaimed author Jewell Parker Rhodes.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eToni Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e (1931-2019) was a Nobel Prize-winning American author, editor, and professor. Her contributions to the modern canon are numerous. Some of her acclaimed titles include: \u003ci\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSong of Solomon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. She won the Nobel Prize for Literature 1993. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSlade Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e, a painter and musician, was born in Ohio and educated in New York. He studied fine art at the State University of New York at Purchase. Slade co-authored eight illustrated books for young people with his mother, Toni Morrison. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePascal Lemaitre \u003c\/b\u003eis a freelance author and illustrator based in Belgium. His illustrations for children and adult books can be found in the catalogs of many American, Belgian, and French publishers such as L'École des Loisirs\/Pastel, L'Aube, Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, Scholastic, and Penguin Books.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 48\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 9.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765885796640,"sku":"9780316349673","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9a14d4e34ea5d226e38b1a406d7ee15c.webp?v=1780282288","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-book-of-mean-people-20th-anniversary-edition-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}