SING a song for Gwendolyn Brooks. Sing it loud — a Chicago blues With a voice both wise and witty, Gwendolyn Brooks crafted poems that captured the urban Black experience and the role of women in society. She grew up on the South Side of Chicago, reading and writing constantly from a young age, her talent lovingly nurtured by her parents. Brooks ultimately published 20 books of poetry, two autobiographies, and one novel.
Alice Faye Duncan has created her own song to celebrate Gwendolyn's life and work, illuminating the tireless struggle of revision and the sweet reward of success and sharing the life of the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize. This beautiful, elegantly written and complex picture book for older readers from the People Who Shaped Our World series is a stirring introduction to this distinguished poet.
Recommended Age | 8 - 12 |
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Author | Alice Faye Duncan |
Illustrator | Xia Gordon |
ISBN | 1454930888 |
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2019 |
Publisher | Sterling Children's Books |
Series Name | People Who Shaped Our World |
Language | English |