Nothing Special
Desiree Cooper, "Nothing Special "
English | ISBN: 0814349730 | 2022 | 40 pages | EPUB, PDF | 10 MB + 13 MB
English | ISBN: 0814349730 | 2022 | 40 pages | EPUB, PDF | 10 MB + 13 MB
Selected as a Top Ten Children's Book of 2022 the New York Public Library; a selection of Social Justice Books (a Teach for Change project); Winner of the 2023 Paterson Prize Books for Young People; selected by the Association for Library Service to Children to their 2023 Summer Reading List; Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist!
A buddy story that spans generations, and a love letter to the Black family connections that survive the Great Migration.
Six-year-old Jax can't wait to leave Detroit and spend a week with his grandparents in coastal Virginia, where he's sure he'll be spoiled with the kinds of special things he enjoys at home: toys, movies, and hamburgers. As he dreams of the adventures he'll have, his PopPop has other ideas. He fills their days with timeless summer fun―crabbing, shucking corn, and counting fireflies.
Illustrated entirely of repurposed textiles,
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