Nothing Special

In the decades since, it has become a summer ritual for many black families to reverse the journey and return South for a visit to their homeplaces.

About the author

Desiree Cooper is a 2015 Kresge Artist Fellow, award-winning journalist, and community activist. She is a widely published essayist and the author of Know the Mother (Wayne State University Press). She is raising her three grandchildren in coastal Virginia.
Bec Sloane is an educator, production designer, and animator working primarily in textiles and tactile media. She writes for various publications, bridging awareness gaps and encouraging cross-sector collaboration with a focus in agroecology and immigrant justice.

Summary

Celebrates the enduring connection between the generations who stayed in the South and the millions of emigrants for whom it will always be home. In the decades since the 1970s, it has become a summer ritual for many black families to reverse the journey and return South for a visit to their homeplaces.

Product details

• Authors: Desiree Cooper, Desiree Sloane Cooper, Bec Sloane
• Assisted by: Bec Sloane (Illustration), Chelsea Hunter (Editor)
• Publisher: WAYNE
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9780814349731
• ISBN: 978-0-8143-4973-1
• No. of pages: 40
• Series: African American Life Series; African American Life
• Subject: Children's and young people's books