A Gift from Greensboro - by Lansana (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>What does life look like for a black kid and a white kid who are best friends in the decade after the Civil Rights Act? It looks like friendship!<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>An illustrated poem about two best friends, one white and one black, in the 1970s--when eating together at a lunch counter on a lazy summer afternoon is no big deal.</b></p> <p><i>A Gift from Greensboro</i> is an elegy, a celebration of the magic of childhood friendship, and a meditation on growing up in the wake of the sit-ins that ushered in the Civil Rights Movement. Paired with eye-catching, layered illustrations, this poem recognizes that true friendship knows no boundaries and that love drives positive change. Read alongside <i>Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down</i> by Andrea Davis Pinkney and <i>Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins</i> by Carole Boston Weatherford for a well-rounded lesson about a significant, igniting moment in our country's civil rights history.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"This brief but powerful book, by the young small press Penny Candy Books, is truly a gift--a gorgeous poem and a story for readers young and old to ponder."<i>--</i><b>The Pirate Tree: Social Justice and Children's Literature</b></p><br><br>"A book that creatively glances backward and forward, offering hope for an America that wants to be post-racial but isn't yet."--<b><i><i>Kirkus Reviews</i></i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Quraysh Ali Lansana is the author of eight poetry books, three textbooks, three children's books, editor of nine anthologies, and coauthor of a book of pedagogy. A former faculty member of the Creative Writing Program of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he lives and works in Tulsa, Oklahoma.</p><p>Skip Hill was born in Texas and lives in Oklahoma. Hill's body of art is comprised of illustrations, murals, collage paintings, and drawings that weave a rich tapestry of styles, languages, and philosophies rooted in cultures around the world. He also illustrated <i>How to Tie a Shoe</i> with Penny Candy Books and spends his days painting and drawing in Normal, Oklahoma.</p>
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