The Making of Butterflies

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Publisher
Amistad Books for Young Readers
Publish Date
Pages
24
Dimensions
7.95 X 7.87 X 0.55 inches | 0.57 pounds
Language
English
Type
Board Books
EAN/UPC
9780063111585

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About the Author

Zora Neale Hurston was a novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist. She wrote four novels (Jonah's Gourd Vine, 1934; Their Eyes Were Watching God, 1937; Moses, Man of the Mountains, 1939; and Seraph on the Suwanee, 1948); two books of folklore (Mules and Men, 1935, and Every Tongue Got to Confess, 2001); a work of anthropological research, (Tell My Horse, 1938); an autobiography (Dust Tracks on a Road, 1942); an international bestselling nonfiction work (Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo," 2018); and over fifty short stories, essays, and plays. She attended Howard University, Barnard College, and Columbia University and was a graduate of Barnard College in 1928. She was born on January 7, 1891, in Notasulga, Alabama, and grew up in Eatonville, Florida.

IBRAM X. KENDI est un historien et un auteur à succès classé numéro 1 au palmarès du New York Times. Il a déjà publié 7 livres. En 2020, le magazine Time l'a nommé l'une des 100 personnes les plus influentes au monde. Kendi vit à Boston, au Massachusetts.

Kah Yangni is an illustrator living in Philadelphia who makes heartfelt art about justice, queerness, and joy. They've worked with the New York Times, The Washington Post, Vice Media, and Chronicle Books, as well as with causes like the Transgender Law Center and the Movement for Black Lives, and their poster work is in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Kah's artistic mission is to heal themself and others by making art that focuses on radical optimism and the power we have to make the world a better place.

Reviews

[T]he artwork creates an eye-catching collage of images in every spread... Kendi expertly distills this word-of-mouth tale for young readers... An old tale is given fresh new life. -- Kirkus Reviews

"This will dance off the shelves by itself, but works for Black History Month, spring roundups, highlighting poems, or just a look at the lyrical." -- School Library Journal (starred review)

"Kendi and Yangni collaborate to introduce young children to the African American folklore tradition and to Hurston's importance within that tradition." -- Horn Book Magazine