The Great Migration: Journey to the North

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Product Details

Price
$17.99
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publish Date
Pages
32
Dimensions
9.21 X 11.3 X 0.36 inches | 0.92 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780061259210

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About the Author

Eloise Greenfield's first book was published in 1972. She was the author of forty-eight children's books including Honey, I Love and Other Poems and The Great Migration. She received many awards, including the 2018 Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. Eloise was a beloved children's book creator whose pioneering voice, especially for the Black American experience, has made her an inspiration to many generations of readers.

Jan Spivey Gilchrist is the award-winning illustrator-author of seventy-four children's books. Dr. Gilchrist illustrated the highly acclaimed picture book The Great Migration: Journey to the North, winner of the Coretta Scott King Honor Award, a Junior Library Guild Best Book, an NAACP Image Award nominee, a CCBC Best Book, and a Georgia State Children's Book Award nominee. She won the Coretta Scott King Award for her illustrations in Nathaniel Talking and a Coretta Scott King Honor for her illustrations in Night on Neighborhood Street, all written by Eloise Greenfield. She was inducted into the Society of Illustrators in 2001 and into the International Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent in 1999. She lives near Chicago, Illinois.

Reviews

Praise for Brothers & Sisters: "Greenfield's poetic observations and commentaries succinctly capture siblings at various ages and stages. The illustrator is equally as skillful. This book needs to be shared in classrooms, in storytimes, and especially within families."--School Library Journal
Praise for The Friendly Four: "Fun for reading aloud."--ALA Booklist
Praise for Brothers & Sisters: "These are the sweetest poems for kids and families of all kinds."--Charlotte Observer
Praise for For the Love of the Game: "This book will set children soaring."--ALA Booklist
Praise for Brothers & Sisters: "Timeless...clear and universal. Everyone can relate to the poems' affection, frustration, laughter, jealousy, and family pride, as well as the love that always shines through."--ALA Booklist
Praise for For the Love of the Game: "A powerful blending of words and pictures that delivers a message that needs to be heard by children."--School Library Journal
Praise for Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems: "Abounds with that special tenderness surrounding the everyday experiences in a child's life. These poems beg to be read aloud."--Boston Globe
Praise for In the Land of Words: "[a] joy-filled, right-on tribute to wordsmithing in all its forms."--Kirkus Reviews
Praise for The Friendly Four: "Idealistic and nostalgic...perfect for classroom readers' theater or as a way for a young child to share reading with an older sibling or parent."--The Horn Book
Praise for Brothers & Sisters: "A feel-good collection, equally suited to reading alone or aloud."--Kirkus Reviews
Praise for The Friendly Four: "Has an open accessibility, with its big print and visually inviting pages, and an upbeat warmth."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Praise for The Friendly Four: "A lively tribute to children's imagination as well as an inviting introduction to free verse."--Kirkus Reviews
Praise for Brothers & Sisters: "Together their picture book celebrates how brothers get along with brothers, sisters with sisters, and various other combinations."--Horn Book Magazine