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I am loved / poems by Nikki Giovanni ; illustrations by Ashley Bryan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First EditionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781534404922
  • 1534404929
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Because -- Leaves -- Wild flowers -- Quilts (for Sally Sellers) -- A song of a blackbird (for Carolyn Rodgers, October 4, 2010) -- Three/quarters time -- Kidnap poem -- Paula the cat -- No heaven -- I am a mirror -- Do the Rosa Parks (a song in rhythm).
Summary: Hand-selected by Newbery honoree Ashley Bryan, he has, with his masterful flourish of color, shape, and movement, added a visual layering that drums the most important message of all to young, old, parent, child, grandparent, and friend alike: You are loved. You are loved. You are loved. As a bonus, one page is mirrored, so children reading the book can see exactly who is loved--themselves!Summary: Giovanni's poems are given a visual layering by Bryan's illustrations, which drums an important message to young, old, parent, child, grandparent, and friend alike: You are loved. You are loved. You are loved.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 811.6 G512 Available 33111008545754
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 811.6 G512 Available 33111008697563
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction 811.6 G512 Available 33111007343938
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Newbery Award honoree Ashley Bryan has hand-selected a dozen of National Book Award winner Nikki Giovanni's poems to illustrate with his inimitable flourish.

There is nothing more important to a child than to feel loved, and this gorgeous gathering of poems written by Nikki Giovanni celebrates exactly that. Hand-selected by Newbery honoree Ashley Bryan, he has, with his masterful flourish of color, shape, and movement, added a visual layering that drums the most impartant message of all to young, old, parent, child, grandparent, and friend alike: You are loved. You are loved. You are loved. As a bonus, one page is mirrored, so children reading the book can see exactly who is loved--themselves!

Because -- Leaves -- Wild flowers -- Quilts (for Sally Sellers) -- A song of a blackbird (for Carolyn Rodgers, October 4, 2010) -- Three/quarters time -- Kidnap poem -- Paula the cat -- No heaven -- I am a mirror -- Do the Rosa Parks (a song in rhythm).

Hand-selected by Newbery honoree Ashley Bryan, he has, with his masterful flourish of color, shape, and movement, added a visual layering that drums the most important message of all to young, old, parent, child, grandparent, and friend alike: You are loved. You are loved. You are loved. As a bonus, one page is mirrored, so children reading the book can see exactly who is loved--themselves!

Giovanni's poems are given a visual layering by Bryan's illustrations, which drums an important message to young, old, parent, child, grandparent, and friend alike: You are loved. You are loved. You are loved.

Ages 4-8.

"A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book".

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