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Build a house
First Title Value for Searching:
Build a house
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 28 cm.
General Note:
"Includes a link to an exclusive recording by Rhiannon Giddens and Yo-Yo Ma."--Cover.
Summary:
"Grammy Award winner Rhiannon Giddens celebrates Black history and culture in her unflinching, uplifting, and gorgeously illustrated picture book debut. As an acclaimed musician, singer, songwriter, and cofounder of the traditional African American string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Rhiannon Giddens has long used her art to mine America's musical past and manifest its future, passionately recovering lost voices and reconstructing a nation's musical heritage. Written as a song to commemorate the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth--which was originally performed with famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma--and paired here with bold illustrations by painter Monica Mikai, Build a House tells the moving story of a people who would not be moved and the music that sustained them. Steeped in sorrow and joy, resilience and resolve, turmoil and transcendence, this dramatic debut offers a proud view of history and a vital message for readers of all ages: honor your heritage, express your truth, and let your voice soar, even--or perhaps especially--when your heart is heaviest."--Provided by publisher.
Additional Credits:
Audience/Lexile:
Ages 7-10.

Grades 2-5.
Publication Info:
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2022.

©2022
Subject:
Juneteenth -- Juvenile fiction.
House construction -- Juvenile fiction.
Black Independence Day
Emancipation Day (U.S.)
Freedom Day (U.S.)
Jubilee Day (U.S.)
Juneteenth Independence Day
Building, House
Construction, House
Home building
Home construction
Residential construction
SAILS ISBN:
9781536222524