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Sweet people are everywhere / by Alice Walker ; illustrated by Quim Torres.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Miami, FL : Tra Publishing, 2021Copyright date: ©2013Description: 48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781734761818
  • 1734761814
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "Sweet People Are Everywhere, an illustrated picture book featuring a poem by internationally renowned writer and activist Alice Walker, is a powerful celebration of humanity. The poem addresses a young boy getting his first passport, taking the boy--and the reader--on a journey through a series of countries around the globe where 'sweet people' can be found"-- Provided by publisher
List(s) this item appears in: Poetry Month
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 811.54 W177 Available 33111010624332
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 811.54 W177 Available 33111010767180
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Deepened and expanded by its illustrations, this is a stunning introduction to the true meaning of a global community."-- School Library Journal

They are all over the globe. Sweet people can be found from Canada to Congo to Cuba, from Afghanistan to Australia, from Ireland to Iraq...there are sweet people in the thirty-seven places listed in these pages and almost everywhere else on the planet. Take a trip through the lines of this large-hearted poem by Alice Walker and meet some of them!


Sweet People Are Everywhere , an illustrated picture book featuring a poem by internationally renowned writer and activist Alice Walker, is a powerful celebration of humanity. The poem addresses a young boy getting his first passport, taking the boy--and the reader--on a journey through a series of countries around the globe where "sweet people" can be found. Walker's heartening message is celebrated through Quim Torres' deeply felt illustrations.

"Poem text copyright 2013. Poem first published on Alice Walker's website and subsequently in Taking the arrow out of the heart by Alice Walker (37 INK/ATRIA, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, 2018)."--Colophon.

Includes a conversation with the author.

"Sweet People Are Everywhere, an illustrated picture book featuring a poem by internationally renowned writer and activist Alice Walker, is a powerful celebration of humanity. The poem addresses a young boy getting his first passport, taking the boy--and the reader--on a journey through a series of countries around the globe where 'sweet people' can be found"-- Provided by publisher

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