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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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We Could Fly: (A Picture Book Exploring African Folklore, Black History, and Spiritual Resilience - For Kids Ages 6-9 in Grades 1-4)

We Could Fly: (A Picture Book Exploring African Folklore, Black History, and Spiritual Resilience - For Kids Ages 6-9 in Grades 1-4)

Giddens, Rhiannon
Uchendu, Briana Mukodiri

Hardcover

General Juvenile FictionHistory

Publisher Price: $18.99

ISBN10: 1536222542
ISBN13: 9781536222548
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: Nov 7 2023
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.50 Width: 9.90 Depth: 12.00
Language: English
Awards: Coretta Scott King Award
A Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award Winner

This magical picture book will have readers entranced. Sublime.--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

In a companion to Build a House, Rhiannon Giddens--winner of multiple Grammy Awards and a Pulitzer Prize and cofounder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops--gives wing to a moving tale of grace and transcendence, with acclaimed artist Briana Mukodiri Uchendu.

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.

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