Eloise Greenfield

Africa Dream

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In this stunning Coretta Scott King Award-winning picture book, take a magical and resonant journey to Africa.I went all the way to Africa / In a dream one night / I crossed over the ocean / In a slow, smooth jump...In words that sing and pictures that evoke the rich life and culture of the African continent, here is a book that makes real the deepest longings and imaginings of children for the faraway land of their ancestors. A classic picture book for sharing at home or in the classroom. Greenfield's lyrical telling and Byard's marvelous pictures make this book close to an ideal adventure for children, black or white. —Publishers Weekly

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Byard, Carole (Illustr.)

ISBN: 978-0-06-443277-1
EAN: 9780064432771
Produktnummer: 9215868
Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1991
Seitenangabe: 32 S.
Sonstiges: Ab 4 - 8 J.

Über den Autor

Eloise Greenfield's love of writing shines through brilliantly in each and every one of her books, which include Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems and How They Got Over: African Americans and the Call of the Sea, both illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. She is the recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award, the Foundation for Children's Literature Hope S. Dean Award, and the National Council for the Social Studies Carter G. Woodson Book Award. In 2018 she received the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. Ms. Greenfield lives in Washington, DC. You can follow her on Twitter @ELGreenfield.Carole Byard (1941-2017), who also illustrated the biography Arthur Mitchell and Lessie Jones Little and Eloise Greenfield's I Can Do It by Myself, was a brilliant painter whose first stay in Africa was on a grant from the Ford Foundation. She also made a second trip, to Nigeria, as a delegate to an international black arts conference. Her exciting pictures for Africa Dream reflect her loving study of African life and culture.