UNITED STATES: Our Children Can Soar by Michelle Cook

Today's Multicultural "Book Look" is Our Children Can Soar:  A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change by Michelle Cook with a foreword by Marian Wright Edelman.  The book features African-Americans from the United States who paved the way for equality and much, much more.

From the Jacketflap:

Every person has a purpose, a unique effect on the world around us.  And sometimes a person's achievements are so extraordinary, they shape generations to come.  Highlighting key figures in the African American fight for equality, this stunning picture book–brought to life by thirteen of today's premier illustrators–symbolically takes readers through people's history.  From George Washington Carver to Jackie Robinson, from Rosa Parks to Barack Obama, here are true pioneers of change.

Our Children Can Soar is the story of a people rising.  It is a story for everyone, for it is on the backs of our ancestors that every child is raised.

The thirteen illustrators are:  Cozbi A. Cabrera, R. Gregory Christie, Bryan Collier, Pat Cummings, Leo and Diane Dillon, AG Ford, E. B. Lewis, Frank Morrison, James Ransome, Charlotte Riley-Webb, Shadra Strickland and Eric Velasquez.

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UNITED STATES: Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler

 

Today's Multicultural Picture "Book Look" is Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.  It is set in the United States and features an African-American family.

From the Jacketflap:

First there's a tap.  Next there's a snap.  The itty-bitty Baby's hands CLAP-CLAP-CLAP!

TOOT! goes his family.  BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOP!  Even Baby's neighbors go HIP-HIP-HOP!

But when the party quiets down, the rock-a-byin' starts–and it's time for this little jazz baby to snooze...Oh, YEAH!

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