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From award-winning author Zetta Elliott and rising star illustrator Noa Denmon comes a beautiful #OwnVoices poetic picture book about a brown child discovering and accepting their emotional landscape.
Description Our sky is ever-evolving, the stars effortlessly collapsing and rising into the shadows of its depth. Amidst the wild of the night, I am guided by the familiar glow of your light. Despite the veil of darkness, you are always there, shining and burning so that I never feel alone. A fearless protector, a keeper of secrets, a constant warmth, a forever friend — my sister. Sometimes separated but always connected, our bond is truly unbreakable. Different but the same, our lights are intertwined. Shining in unison, we navigate the dark paths of the sky together. The night is uncertain, but we are constant. With your heart close to mine, our light transcends all space and time. The sky is vast, but we outshine — emanating light forever, burning beside each other until the very end. Information Designed by Bryan Anthonys Dimensions: 4"x 4"x 1" Materials: Gloss Acrylic Fade Resistant
Justin Molina has secrets. He's served his time but remains a prisoner of his past, unable to forgive himself for failing his family when they needed him most. Justin's grief is overwhelming, but he keeps silent and focuses on his goals. About to graduate college, he tries to keep his head above water-no matter how many times life keeps knocking him down. When he's forced to register for a poetry-writing class, Justin discovers putting words to his feelings might be exactly what his fractured heart needs to heal. Or is it the older professor with the bow ties and gentle smile who gives him a chance when no one else will?Professor Foster Faraday Harding is a broken man. His divorce is final, and he's reverted back to the safety of his books. Even his poetry no longer brings him joy; he's sleepwalking through life. The raw emotion of Justin's poetry awakens Foster to desires he thought long buried in the ashes of his marriage. When he discovers Justin is struggling financially, Foster offers him a solution that benefits both of them. Soon it's Foster who's struggling with emotions he can't understand: Justin is his student. And a man. One crazy night years earlier doesn't mean anything. Foster is straight.After months of denying the growing attraction between them, an unexpected kiss changes everything. Justin and Foster are no longer only professor and student-they've become lovers, but the strain of hiding their relationship increases with each passing day. Words have the power not only to hurt but to heal the greatest pain. If Foster and Justin listen to what their hearts are saying, they might break through their silence and live their own love poems-together.
From award-winning author Zetta Elliott and rising star illustrator Noa Denmon comes a beautiful #OwnVoices poetic picture book about a brown child discovering and accepting their emotional landscape.
Ian Stafford is a former British Special Forces soldier and Afghanistan war veteran who still has nightmares after watching his best friend cut down by a sniper in a remote village in Afghanistan. When he sees a woman in a local pub being harassed and threatened, he intervenes. During the ensuing brawl, the woman escapes, but Ian accidentally stabs one of his attackers who later dies. Ian is charged with manslaughter, and the woman who can exonerate him has disappeared. Megan Brady and her father Daniel never imagined that the thoroughbred colt they raised from birth would grow up to be a contender for the British Triple Crown. Seabiscuit II is the last horse you might imagine as a champion if judged by looks alone. Like his namesake, Seabiscuit II is not much to look at, but has a heart as big as all outdoors, and refuses to be beaten. Unfortunately, the Irish mob has also taken notice, and has approached Megan's brother Stephen with an offer of a bribe to purposely lose the most important race of his career. Stephen refused, and Megan has taken it upon herself to thwart the mob, but their brutal tactics nearly see her raped until Ian steps in to save her. Megan knows she must come out of hiding to exonerate Ian, but knows if she does, the mob will be there too. Meanwhile the date of the big race approaches. Can Megan's example of courage in the face of overwhelming odds, and the will to prevail even when the going looks tough, help Ian come to grips with his grief, and give him the courage to forgive himself and allow himself to live and love again? Will Ian be able to trust Megan with his heart? | Author: Kimberly Beckett | Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing | Publication Date: May 02, 2019 | Number of Pages: 236 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 1682918637 | ISBN-13: 9781682918630
Highlights Caldecott Honor BookToday Show Best Book for the HolidaysALA Notable Book for All AgesALSC Notable Children's BookNCTE Notable Poetry BookEvanston Public Library's Top 100 Great Book for KidsNerdy Award Winner for Single Poem Picture BookBank Street Best Books of the YearIn this powerful, affirming poem by award-winning author Zetta Elliott, a Black child explores his shifting emotions throughout the year. Caldecott Medal 2021 3rd Winner 4-8 Years 11.1" x 8.6" Hardcover 32 Pages Juvenile Fiction, People & Places Description About the Book From award-winning author Zetta Elliott and rising star illustrator Noa Denmon comes a beautiful #OwnVoices poetic picture book about a brown child discovering and accepting their emotional landscape. Book Synopsis Caldecott Honor Book Today Show Best Book for the Holidays ALA Notable Book for All Ages ALSC Notable Children's Book NCTE Notable Poetry Book Evanston Public Library's Top 100 Great Book for Kids Nerdy Award Winner for Single Poem Picture Book Bank Street Best Books of the Year In this powerful, affirming poem by award-winning author Zetta Elliott, a Black child explores his shifting emotions throughout the year. There is a place inside of me a space deep down inside of me where all my feelings hide. Summertime is filled with joy--skateboarding and playing basketball--until his community is deeply wounded by a police shooting. As fall turns to winter and then spring, fear grows into anger, then pride and peace. In her stunning debut, illustrator Noa Denmon articulates the depth and nuances of a child's experiences following a police shooting--through grief and protests, healing and community--with washes of color as vibrant as his words. Here is a groundbreaking narrative that can help all readers--children and adults alike--talk about the feelings hiding deep inside each of us. Review Quotes 2021 Caldecott Honor Book A Today Show Best Book for the Holidays An ALSC Notable Children's Book A NCTE Notable Poetry Book An Evanston Public Library's Great Book for Kids A Cooperative Children's Book Center List Pick "A resonant exultation of community and the importance of self-reflection." --Publishers Weekly "This book delivers positivity, despite the inclusion of police brutality, a Black Lives Matter protest, and a vigil for the dead--all of which affirm the child's realities . . . A well-crafted, twenty-first-century love poem by two truth-telling Black women artists and activists." --The Horn Book About the Author Zetta Elliott is a black feminist writer of poetry, plays, essays, novels, and stories for children. Her poetry has been published in We Rise, We Resist, We Raise our Voices, and her picture book, Bird, won the Honor Award in Lee & Low Books' New Voices Contest and the Paterson Prize for Books for Young Readers. She lives in West Philadelphia. Noa Denmon is a Philadelphia-based artist and illustrator. She is a graduate of The University of the Arts with a BFA in Illustration, and an MAT in Arts and Teaching. She loves patterns, pups, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a great cup of coffee, and all spicy foods. A Place Inside of Me is her first picture book.
