The blacker the berry : poems / by Joyce Carol Thomas ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.
2008
CMC PS3570.H565 B53 2008 (Mapit)
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Title
The blacker the berry : poems / by Joyce Carol Thomas ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.
Author
ISBN
0060253754
9780060253752
0060253762 (lib. bdg.)
9780060253769 (lib. bdg.)
9780060253752
0060253762 (lib. bdg.)
9780060253769 (lib. bdg.)
Published
New York : HarperCollins, 2008.
Language
English
Description
1 volume : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Call Number
CMC PS3570.H565 B53 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
811/.54
Summary
This work features twelve poems complimenting different shades of skin color and connecting those colors with similes and metaphors of foods -- mostly berries. The poems each convey, through the eyes of a child, the beauty of their own complexion and how their skin came to be that color.
Note
"Joanna Cotler books."
Awards
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, 2009
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