My rainy day rocket ship
Told in rhyming text, a young African American boy, stuck inside on a rainy day, uses his imagination to create a rocket ship out of a rocking chair and takes off on an trip to a distant planet.
| Main Author: | Sheppard, Markette (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Palmer, Charly (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Told in rhyming text, a young African American boy, stuck inside on a rainy day, uses his imagination to create a rocket ship out of a rocking chair and takes off on an trip to a distant planet. |
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| Physical Description: |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Audience: |
Ages 4-8. Grades K-1. |
| ISBN: |
9781534461772 1534461779 |
| Author Notes: |
Charly Palmer, a graduate of the American Academy of Art, is a nationally recognized fine artist whose work is in private and public collections, including those of McDonald's Corporation, the Coca-Cola Company, and Vanderbilt University. His illustrative work for Mama Africa! earned him the 2018 Coretta Scott King Illustrator of the Year award. Palmer's art is inspired by his children and grandchildren. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia. |