A Place Inside of Me
A Poem to Heal the Heart
$40.56
- Hardcover
32 pages
- Release Date
17 November 2020
Summary
There is a place inside of me, a space deep down inside of me, where all my feelings hide.
In this powerful, affirming poem by award-winning author Zetta Elliott, a Black child explores his shifting emotions throughout the year. 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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780374307417 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0374307415 |
| Author: | Zetta Elliott, Noa Denmon |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 17 November 2020 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 287mm x 225mm x 10mm |
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Critics Review
2021 Caldecott Honor Book A Today Show Best Book for the HolidaysAn ALSC Notable Children’s BookA NCTE Notable Poetry BookAn Evanston Public Library’s Great Book for KidsA 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
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. This is her first picture book.
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