| Time For Change: The Lion and Hyena Story Contributor(s): Evans, Taijah (Author), Platt, R. E. L. (Author), Okubo, Jamilla (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 194543404X ISBN-13: 9781945434044 Publisher: Shout Mouse Press, Inc. OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Lions, Tigers, Leopards, Etc. - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism - Juvenile Fiction | Readers - Intermediate |
| Series: Books by Teens |
| Physical Information: 0.12" H x 8.5" W x 8.5" (0.27 lbs) 44 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Lions rule the savanna kingdom and are taught to hate hyenas, who compete for the same resources. Then Mya the Lion and Asia the Hyena both get caught by a trapper and have to work together to escape. When they return home, they have to deal with protests and a face-off between their two species, and Mya has to make a tough decision: Should she rest easy in her lion power or speak up for her new hyena friend? The authors of this story are part of an innovative program run by Reach Incorporated. Reach develops grade-level readers and capable leaders by preparing teens to serve as tutors and role models for younger students, resulting in improved literacy outcomes for both. Learn more at reachincorporated.org. Books were created in collaboration with Shout Mouse Press. Shout Mouse is a nonprofit writing program and publishing house for unheard voices. Through writing workshops designed for all levels of literacy, Shout Mouse empowers writers from marginalized backgrounds to tell their own stories in their own voices and, as published authors, to act as agents of change. Learn more at shoutmousepress.org |
Contributor Bio(s): Evans, Taijah: - Jamilla Okubo is a 2016 graduate of Parsons School of Design, where she earned a BFA in Integrated Design, a self-driven interdisciplinary program where she integrated Fashion and Fine Arts. Jamilla is a mixed-media artist and combines collage, painting, and print design. Her work has a consistent theme of exploring the intricacy of belonging to an American, Kenyan, and Trinidadian identity. These identities help her explore the cross-cultural exchange in the African Diaspora and how fashion provides the African Diaspora methods of self-expression, identity, and self-authorship in attempts of reclamation. She has exhibited her work at Busboys & Poets (in Washington, DC), Studio 301 (in New York), Weeksville Heritage Center (in New York), Stanford University, and the Dray Walker Gallery (in London). You can see some of her work at cargocollective.com/JamillaOkuboart |