Title:
We are the change : words of inspiration from civil rights leaders
Published:
2019
Format:
Books
Physical Description:
50 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Summary:
Sixteen award-winning children's book artists illustrate the civil rights quotations that inspire them in this stirring and beautiful book. Featuring an introduction by Harry Belafonte, words from Eleanor Roosevelt, Maya Angelou, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. among others, this inspirational collection sets a powerful example for generations of young leaders to come. It includes illustrations by Selina Alko, Alina Chau, Lisa Congdon, Emily Hughes, Molly Idle, Juana Medina, Innosanto Nagara, Christopher Silas Neal, John Parra, Brian Pinkney, Greg Pizzoli, Sean Qualls, Dan Santat, Shadra Strickland, Melissa Sweet, and Raul the Third.
Contents:
Sonia Sotomayor / John Parra -- Gwendolyn Brooks / Juana Medina -- Dolores Huerta / Raul the Third -- John Lewis / Dan Santat -- Nina Simone / Shadra Strickland -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. / Brian Pinkney -- E. B. White / Melissa Sweet -- Queen Lili'uokalani / Emily Hughes -- Frederick Douglass / Lisa Congdon -- Maya Angelou / Sean Qualls -- Khalil Gibran / Innosanto Nagara -- Barack Obama / Christopher Silas Neal -- Helen Keller / Alina Chau -- Maya Angelou / Selina Alko -- Eleanor Roosevelt / Molly Idle -- W. E. B. Du Bois / Greg Pizzoli.
Abstract:
Sixteen award-winning children's book artists illustrate the civil rights quotations that inspire them in this stirring and beautiful book. Featuring an introduction by Harry Belafonte, words from Eleanor Roosevelt, Maya Angelou, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. among others, this inspirational collection sets a powerful example for generations of young leaders to come. It includes illustrations by Selina Alko, Alina Chau, Lisa Congdon, Emily Hughes, Molly Idle, Juana Medina, Innosanto Nagara, Christopher Silas Neal, John Parra, Brian Pinkney, Greg Pizzoli, Sean Qualls, Dan Santat, Shadra Strickland, Melissa Sweet, and Raul the Third.
Subject Term:
ISBN:
9781452170398
