{"product_id":"sidewalk-chalk-isbn-9781590784150","title":"Sidewalk Chalk","description":"\u003cb\u003eChildren's Literature Legacy Award winning author Carole Boston Weatherford pays tribute to sights and sounds of urban life in twenty fresh and rhythmic poems.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt every corner, down every block, a city percolates with people at work and play: girls jumping double Dutch, the shoeshine man polishing a pair of wing tips, boys heading toward the basketball court. Each neighborhood is filled with unique characters (the beautician, the barber, the short-order cook) and places (the storefront churches, the outdoor market, the park pool) - all as familiar as family. In quiet moments and lively street scenes, Weatherford's words and Dimitrea Tokunbo's vivid illustrations captures the excitement and diversity found in these places that have \"no trees \/ to climb\" but where people young and old still \"reach for the stars.\"\"Every selection is set into one of Tokunbo's remarkable textured watercolor paintings that reflect the diversity and richness of a big-city neighborhood. The animated faces of children fully engaged in the wide variety of activities bring the poetry to life. This partnership of word and illustration works well and belongs in most collections.\" --School Library Journal\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author \u003cb\u003eCarole Boston Weatherford’s\u003c\/b\u003e 60-plus books include the Caldecott Honor book \u003ci\u003eUnspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she was awarded the Coretta Scott King Author Award and a Sibert Honor; the Newbery Honor winner \u003ci\u003eBox;\u003c\/i\u003e and the Caldecott Honor winners \u003ci\u003eFreedom in Congo Square, Fannie Lou Hamer,\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMoses\u003c\/i\u003e. She won a Coretta Scott King Author Honor for \u003ci\u003eBecoming Billie Holiday\u003c\/i\u003e. Weatherford teaches at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. Visit cbweatherford.com. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDimitrea Tokunbo\u003c\/b\u003e is the illustrator of \u003ci\u003eHas Anybody Lost a Glove?\u003c\/i\u003e by G. Francis Johnson. She lives in New York City.","brand":"Wordsong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304418791653,"sku":"NP9781590784150","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781590784150.jpg?v=1767736603","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/sidewalk-chalk-isbn-9781590784150","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}