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"A prayer from mother to son that he will always in safe hands"--

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Main Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- (Author)
Other Authors: Pinkney, J. Brian (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Mothers and sons > Juvenile fiction.
Prayer > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:"A prayer from mother to son that he will always in safe hands"--
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN:9781481462938
1481462938
Author Notes:Carole Boston Weatherford is an ALSC Children's Literature Legacy Award winner, an honor given to an author or illustrator who has made a substantial and lasting contribution to children's literature. Her award-winning books include Kin , illustrated by her son Jeffery and a Coretta Scott King Author Honor recipient; Box , which won a Newbery Honor; Unspeakable , which won the Coretta Scott King Award, a Caldecott Honor, and was a finalist for the National Book Award; Respect: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul , winner of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award; ALA Notable Children's Book You Can Fly ; and Caldecott Honor winners Freedom in Congo Square ; Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement ; and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom . Carole lives in North Carolina. Visit her at CBWeatherford.com.

Brian Pinkney has illustrated numerous acclaimed books for children, including Martin Rising ; In Your Hands ; On the Ball ; The Faithful Friend ; Duke Ellington ; and In the Time of the Drums . His many awards include two Caldecott Honors, a Coretta Scott King Illustration Award, four Coretta Scott King Illustration Honors, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Brian lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and frequent collaborator, Andrea Davis Pinkney. Visit him at BrianPinkney.net.

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