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Our children can soar : a celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the pioneers of change

Title
Our children can soar : a celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the pioneers of change / Michelle Cook ; illustrations by Cozbi Cabrera [and twelve others] ; foreword by Marian Wright Edelman.
Author
Cook, Michelle.
Publication
New York : Bloomsbury, 2009.
Supplementary Content
  • Contributor biographical information
  • Publisher description

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Additional Authors
  • Cabrera, Cozbi A.
  • Christie, R. Gregory, 1971-
  • Collier, Bryan
  • Cummings, Pat
  • Dillon, Leo
  • Dillon, Diane
  • Ford, AG
  • Lewis, E. B. (Earl Bradley), 1956-
  • Morrison, Frank, 1971-
  • Ransome, James
  • Riley-Webb, Charlotte
  • Strickland, Shadra
  • Velasquez, Eric
Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations; 28 cm
Summary
A poem of African American history enhanced by illustrations.
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • African Americans > History > 20th century
  • African Americans > Biography
  • African American celebrities > Biography
  • African American celebrities
  • African Americans
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • History.
  • Juvenile works.
  • Picture books.
  • Picture books for children.
Note
  • "Illustrations by Cozbi A. Cabrera, R. Gregory Christie, Bryan Collier, Pat Cummings, Leo and Diane Dillon, AG Ford, E. B. Lewis, Frank Morrison, James Ransome, Charlotte Riley-Webb, Shadra Strickland, Eric Velasquez."
Audience (note)
  • Elementary Grade.
Contents
George Washington Carver -- Jesse Owens -- Hattie McDaniel -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Jackie Robinson -- Rosa Parks -- Ruby Bridges -- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Thurgood Marshall -- Barack Obama.
Call Number
J PIC C
ISBN
  • 9781599904184
  • 1599904187
  • 9781599904191
  • 1599904195
LCCN
2009001730
OCLC
298781314
Author
Cook, Michelle.
Title
Our children can soar : a celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the pioneers of change / Michelle Cook ; illustrations by Cozbi Cabrera [and twelve others] ; foreword by Marian Wright Edelman.
Publisher
New York : Bloomsbury, 2009.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Audience
Elementary Grade.
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Cabrera, Cozbi A., illustrator.
Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- illustrator.
Collier, Bryan, illustrator.
Cummings, Pat, illustrator.
Dillon, Leo, illustrator.
Dillon, Diane, illustrator.
Ford, AG, illustrator.
Lewis, E. B. (Earl Bradley), 1956- illustrator.
Morrison, Frank, 1971- illustrator.
Ransome, James, illustrator.
Riley-Webb, Charlotte, illustrator.
Strickland, Shadra, illustrator.
Velasquez, Eric, illustrator.
Research Call Number
J PIC C
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