{"product_id":"the-palm-of-my-heart-poetry-by-african-american-children-paperback","title":"The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavida Adedjouma\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eR. Gregory Christie\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honor, American Library Association (ALA)\u003cbr\u003e Best Books of the Year, Parenting magazine\u003cbr\u003e Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)\u003cbr\u003e Firecracker Alternative Press Award, Firecracker Alternative Book Awards\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen children are encouraged to celebrate their lives -- their joys, their influences, their hopes -- the results are pure poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack is dark, dark is lovely, \u003cbr\u003e lovely is the palm of my heart \u003cbr\u003e and my heartbeats are filled with joy \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen children are encouraged to celebrate their lives - their joys, their influences, their hopes - the results are pure poetry. Honest, wise, and inspiring, each of the twenty poems in this dazzling collection resounds with the unique rhythms of life, as seen through the eyes of African American children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavida Adedjouma is a writer, actor and teacher. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eLast Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of short stories, and the recipient of numerous literary awards and fellowships. Born in Chicago, she now lives in New York City. This is her first picture book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eR. GREGORY CHRISTIE is the recipient of numerous awards including a Caldecott Honor and six Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honors, and his books have been recognized by The New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books list three times. He currently paints in the evenings while traveling around the country doing school visits. You can visit him online at gas-art.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.09 x 9.86 x 7.98 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 April 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Coretta Scott King Award (1997)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Firecracker Alternative Book Award (1997)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765304426784,"sku":"9781880000762","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/50400689a62b19a04e1e5e7c5d21502f.webp?v=1780266187","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-palm-of-my-heart-poetry-by-african-american-children-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}