Free within Ourselves: The Development of African American Children’s Literature
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African American children’s literature is a vibrant form of expression. Written by a leading authority on the subject, this book overviews the history of African American children’s literature from the antebellum South to the present day. The volume places African American children’s literature in its social, political, and cultural contexts, discusses its origins in songs and folklore, and examines its importance as a vehicle for promoting respect for the African American heritage. Included are discussions of major authors and illustrators, such as Virginia Hamilton, Walter Dean Myers, and John Steptoe, as well as important genres of children’s literature, such as poetry, historical fiction, and picture books. Teachers of children’s literature will treasure this book as a convenient overview of this fascinating subject, while students of literature and social studies will value it as a guide to the African American literary achievement and to the treatment of social issues in fiction. The volume also includes a rich selection of picture book illustrations.
Free within Ourselves: The Development of African American Children’s Literature
Free Falling
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Workaholic Ross Kennedy never learned to enjoy life until he meets the woman of his dreams. If only Laurie Miller can convince him that’s exactly who she is.
A psychologist with empathic abilities, Laurie rescues Ross, who has been stranded in the middle of a Montana blizzard. The two strangers are completely snowed in and out of contact. In just a few days, their attraction to each other is overwhelming, but Laurie is troubled. Her empathic gift seems to have vanished. Fascinated by his pretty rescuer, Ross struggles to open up his heart enough to let this woman in.
When the two return home to Chicago, they try to solve a mystery revolving around a Prohibition Era journal they discovered in Montana. Will they find the missing treasure the journal points to? And as a former boyfriend begins to stalk Laurie, how will Ross be able to protect her?
“Ross Kennedy begged me to write this book. The attorney was ‘left behind’ in Murphy’s Law when Katie chose Seth, the man she was meant to love. But how could I let Ross be all alone? And for a hero like Ross, I needed a heroine just as special – a woman like Laurie Miller who would not only compliment him, but complete him.” ~Sandy~
Romance Writers of America’s 2007 Golden Acorn Excellence in Writing Finalist
A BookStrand Mainstream Romance
Free Falling
I would prefer the sheet music to be for the piano, and the version is by Carter Burwell.
