William and the Good Old Days - Couverture rigide

Greenfield, Eloise

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0060210931 ISBN 13 : 9780060210939

Editeur : Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1993

Synopsis

Book by Greenfield Eloise

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Eloise Greenfield's love of writing shines through brilliantly in each and every one of her books, which include Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems and How They Got Over: African Americans and the Call of the Sea, both illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. She is the recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award, the Foundation for Children's Literature Hope S. Dean Award, and the National Council for the Social Studies Carter G. Woodson Book Award. Ms. Greenfield lives in Washington, DC. You can follow her on Twitter @ELGreenfield.

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.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

‘Once again Greenfield displays commendable sensitivity in this story about an African-American boy who must cope with a beloved grandmother’s illness.’—Publishers Weekly. ‘This poignant exploration of a child’s feelings of loss, sorrow, and hope features a closely knit African-American family and community, lovingly depicted in paintings.… A wonderful sense of neighborhood permeates the pages of this touching book.’—SLJ.

Notable 1994 Childrens' Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Date d'édition: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0060210931
• ISBN 13: 9780060210939
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Gilchrist Jan Spivey