Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse Contributor(s): Myers, Walter Dean (Author) |
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ISBN: 0064434559 ISBN-13: 9780064434553 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1996 Annotation: In this beautiful volume, the award-winning author of Scorpions and Now Is Your Time! combines eleven original poems with a selection of turn-of-the-century photographs chosen from his own personal collection. "A celebration of childhood and the African-American heritage".--Los Angeles Times Book Review. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Nonfiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Topics) - Juvenile Nonfiction | Photography |
Dewey: 811.54 |
LCCN: 95036792 |
Physical Information: 0.14" H x 9.88" W x 8.76" (0.38 lbs) 40 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 10261 Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Join acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers in a heartwarming celebration of African-American childhood in words and pictures. Sharing favorites from his collection of long-forgotten turn-of-the-century photographs, and punctuating them with his own moving poetry, Mr. Myers has created a beautiful album that reminds us that the child in each of us is our most precious part. |
Contributor Bio(s): Myers, Walter Dean: - Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers received every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and six Coretta Scott King Awardees. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, a three-time National Book Award Finalist, as well as the first-ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. |