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Preaching to the chickens the story of young John Lewis

"Critically acclaimed author Jabari Asim and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator E. B. Lewis give readers a fascinating glimpse into the boyhood of Civil Rights leader John Lewis. John wants to be a preacher when he grows up a leader whose words stir hearts to change, minds to think, and bodies to t...

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Main Author: Asim, Jabari, 1962- (Author)
Other Authors: Lewis, Earl B. (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, [2016]
Subjects:
Lewis, John, > 1940-2020 > Childhood and youth > Juvenile nonfiction.
African American civil rights workers > Religious life > Juvenile nonfiction.
African American boys > Alabama > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Chickens > Juvenile nonfiction.
Preaching > Juvenile nonfiction.
Rural children > Alabama > Juvenile nonfiction.
Legislators > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
African American legislators > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Alabama > Rural conditions > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction.
Christian biography > United States > Juvenile nonfiction.
Biographies > Juvenile.
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Summary:"Critically acclaimed author Jabari Asim and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator E. B. Lewis give readers a fascinating glimpse into the boyhood of Civil Rights leader John Lewis. John wants to be a preacher when he grows up a leader whose words stir hearts to change, minds to think, and bodies to take action. But why wait? When John is put in charge of the family farm's flock of chickens, he discovers that they make a wonderful congregation! So he preaches to his flock, and they listen, content under his watchful care, riveted by the rhythm of his voice. Celebrating ingenuity and dreaming big, this inspirational story, featuring Jabari Asim's stirring prose and E. B. Lewis's stunning, light-filled impressionistic watercolor paintings, includes an author's note about John Lewis, who grew up to be a member of the Freedom Riders, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and demonstrator on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, and is now a Georgia congressman"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN:9780399168567 (hardback)
0399168567 (hardback)
Author Notes:Jabari Asim (www.facebook.com/jabariasimwriter) is the author of several adult and children's books, including Fifty Cents and a Dream -an NAACP Image Award Nominee, CCBC Choice, School Library Journal Editor's Choice, and Kirkus Best Book. He is an associate professor at Emerson College in Boston and executive editor of The Crisis , the magazine of the NAACP. He recently was honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in Newton, Massachusetts.

E. B. Lewis (www.eblewis.com) is the acclaimed illustrator of more than seventy books for children, including the Caldecott Honor Book Coming On Home Soon and the Coretta Scott King Honor Book Each Kindness (both by Jacqueline Woodson). He teaches at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He lives in Folsom, New Jersey.

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