We Are Shining

From Gwendolyn Brooks, U.S. Poet Laureate and the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize, and Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist Jan Spivey Gilchrist comes We Are Shining . Marking the 100th birthday of Gwendolyn Brooks, this powerful picture book is a celebration of the diversity of our world. This life-affirming poem is now illustrated for the very first time, with stunning, vibrant images. A story of our shared humanity, Gwendolyn Brooks honors the beauty of our world and the many different people in it. Brooks speaks to all children of the world in this moving poem about acceptance, stressing that every child should have the opportunity for a shining future and offering hope for a better tomorrow.

Product details

• Authors: Gwendolyn Brooks, Gwendolyn/ Gilchrist Brooks
• Assisted by: Jan Spivey Gilchrist (Illustration)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9780062570666
• ISBN: 978-0-06-257066-6
• No. of pages: 32
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION: Girls & Women, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Violence, JUVENILE FICTION: Poetry (see also Stories in Verse) *, JUVENILE FICTION: Stories in Verse (see also Poetry), JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Values & Virtues, JUVENILE FICTION: Diversity & Multicultural, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Strangers