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The year we learned to fly  Cover Image Book Book

The year we learned to fly / Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrated by Rafael López.

Woodson, Jacqueline. (Author). López, Rafael, 1961- (Added Author).

Summary:

By heeding their wise grandmother's advice, a brother and sister discover the ability to lift themselves up and imagine a better world.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0399545530
  • ISBN: 9780399545535
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations
  • Publisher: New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, [2022]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Ages 5-8.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 24.99
Subject: Imagination > Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch STO JP Woods 31681020186748 PICTURE Available -

Jacqueline Woodson (jacquelinewoodson.com) received a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship, the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award, the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and the 2018 Children's Literature Legacy Award, and was the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Her New York Times bestselling memoir, Brown Girl Dreaming, won the National Book Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, a Newbery Honor, and the NAACP Image Award. Her books for young readers include Coretta Scott King Award and NAACP Image Award winner Before the Ever After, New York Times bestsellers The Day You Begin and Harbor Me, Newbery Honor winners Feathers, Show Way, and After Tupac and D Foster, and Each Kindness, which won the Jane Addams Children's Book Award.

Rafael López (rafaellopez-books.com) illustrated New York Times bestseller Just Ask! (by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor). He won Pura Belpré medals for Drum Dream Girl and Book Fiesta, and has also received three Pura Belpré honors, two Américas Book Awards, and the 2017 Tomás Rivera Children's Book Award and Society of Illustrators Original Art Silver Medal. His work has been featured in Communication Arts, American Illustration Annual, Graphic Design USA and Huffington Post. He's a founder of San Diego's Urban Art Trail movement, created seven US Postal Stamps, and created official posters for the '08 and '12 Obama-Biden campaigns.


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