Lubaya's Quiet Roar

★ “This quietly powerful family story encourages children to use both voices and hands to advocate for change.” —Kirkus, starred review

“A great addition to any school’s collection, this book bridges a gap of understanding for ­others who may also have a quiet but powerful roar.” —School Library Journal

“Williamson’s vivid, expressive paintings that utilize primary and elementary colors in stunning, single-color backgrounds … Nelson’s story, paired with Williamson’s illustrations, reminds the quieter personalities that they possess just as much strength and talent as their more vocal counterparts.” —Booklist

“Nelson and Williamson share the rich interior world of a character who shows readers that everyone has more to them than meets the eye … Williamson’s vibrant, colorful oil-paint and crayon illustrations use all the space on the pages to show how Lubaya is never fully alone, though she often tands apart … A lovely story by a thoughtful poet and artist.” —Horn Book

Marilyn Nelson is a three-time National Book Award finalist, has won a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and several Coretta Scott King Honors, and has received several prestigious poetry awards, including the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the Poets’ Prize, and the Robert Frost Medal “for distinguished lifetime service to American poetry.”

Philemona Williamson is a fine artist whose paintings have been exhibited in many museums and galleries, including the Montclair Art Museum, University of North Carolina, and Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts. She has received a number of awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. She lectures at universities and teaches for Doing Art Together, a nonprofit arts education program.

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