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Going down home with daddy

Alan looks forward to the annual family reunion at the farm where Daddy grew up, but everyone is supposed to share something special and Alan worries about arriving with empty hands.

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Main Author:	Lyons, Kelly Starling (Author)
Other Authors:	Minter, Daniel (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Atlanta : Peachtree Publishers, [2019]
Subjects:	Family reunions > Juvenile fiction. Families > Juvenile fiction. African Americans > Juvenile fiction. Family life > Juvenile fiction. Picture books.
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Summary:	Alan looks forward to the annual family reunion at the farm where Daddy grew up, but everyone is supposed to share something special and Alan worries about arriving with empty hands.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) color illustrations 28 cm
ISBN:	9781561459384 1561459380
Author Notes:	A Pittsburgh native, Kelly Starling Lyons attended Syracuse University and worked as a journalist before beginning her career as a children's book author. She has written numerous books for young readers including the Caldecott Honor Book Going Down Home with Daddy and the Geisel Honor Book Ty's Travels: Zip, Zoom! Lyons lives in North Carolina. Daniel Minter is a painter and illustrator, whose work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. He is the illustrator of several books for children, including Ellen's Broom, for which he received a Coretta Scott King Illustration Honor Award, and Going Down Home with Daddy, for which he received a Caldecott Honor. He lives in Maine.