![]() ![]() Author’s agent: Elizabeth Harding, Curtis Brown. Flattened perspectives lend her characters quiet stature and communal strength, and elaborately textured colors exude translucence and light, almost as if these mixed-media images were created from stained glass. The powerful, inspirational story of the only African-American contingent of pilots to fly in WW II, nicknamed the Red-Tail Angels for the markings on their aircraft. This final book by the late McKissack ( Let’s Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout) showcases the legendary author’s signature lyricism in full force and receives a stunning, aesthetically ambitious interpretation by Harrison, a fine artist making her picture book debut. ![]() After much thought, James Otis creates a book for and about Sarah herself-a gift the girl presses to her heart. ![]() “What is given from the heart reaches the heart,” Mama says, echoing the pastor’s words. What Is Given from the Heart CORETTA SCOTT KING - JOHN STEPTOE ILLUSTRATOR AWARD FOR NEW TALENT WINNERThis final, magnificent picture book from three-time. But when their pastor asks the congregation to help a family who lost everything in a fire, Mama does her part, sewing an apron made from her cherished white tablecloth, and she expects James to find “a li’l bit of something” for the girl, Sarah. Sponsored 7.69 Free shipping It Came from Within: The Shocking Truth of What Lurks in the Heart - VERY GOOD 3.86 Free shipping What Is Given from the Heart by Patricia C. Daddy died last April-he didn’t even “have a suit to be buried in” -the family farm is gone, and the two of them now live in a “run-down shotgun house” that floods when it rains. What Is Given from the Heart, Mckissack, Patricia C. James Otis and his mother don’t have much. ![]()
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