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I am every good thing

Illustrations and easy-to-read text pay homage to the strength, character, and worth of a child.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Barnes, Derrick D. (Author)
Other Authors:	James, Gordon C. (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, [2020]
Subjects:	Self-confidence > Juvenile fiction. Character > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	Illustrations and easy-to-read text pay homage to the strength, character, and worth of a child.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Audience:	Ages 3-7.
ISBN:	9780525518778 0525518770
Author Notes:	Derrick Barnes is the author of the empowering New York Times bestsellers The King of Kindergarten , I Am Every Good Thing , which won the NCTE Charlotte Huck Award and the Kirkus Prize, and Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut , which received a Newbery Honor, a Coretta Scott King Honor, the Kirkus Prize, and the Ezra Jack Keats Award. He also wrote the bestselling chapter book series Ruby and the Booker Boys . Derrick is a native of Kansas City, MO and a graduate of Jackson State University and was the first African American male creative copywriter hired by greeting card giant, Hallmark Cards. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife and their four sons. Gordon C. James illustrated the critically acclaimed picture book Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut (by Derrick Barnes), which received a Caldecott Honor, a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, an Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor, the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers, and a Society of Illustrators Gold Medal. He also illustrated Let 'Er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People's Champion (by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson). He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife and two children.