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The adventures of sparrowboy

After an encounter with a sparrow, Henry finds he is able to fly just like his favorite comic book hero HawkMan.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pinkney, J. Brian
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1997.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Flight > Juvenile fiction. Heroes > Juvenile fiction. Cartoons and comics > Juvenile fiction. African Americans > Juvenile fiction. Picture books for children.
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Summary:	After an encounter with a sparrow, Henry finds he is able to fly just like his favorite comic book hero HawkMan.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
ISBN:	0689810717
Author Notes:	Brian Pinkney, author and illustrator, was born August 28, 1961. He has received the Coretta Scott King Award for his illustrations, three Coretta Scott King Honor Awards, and in 1997, he won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for his book, The Adventures of Sparrowboy. He has also won two Caldecott Honor awards for his illustrations with the books: The Faithful Friend, by Robert D. San Souci, and Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra, by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Pinkney primarily uses the scratchboard illustrative technique with most of his books. Pinkney lives with his wife, Andrea, and their children in Brooklyn, New York.