H is for Harlem

"A richly informative alphabet picture book celebrating Harlem's vibrant traditions, past and present"--

Main Author:	Johnson, Dinah (Author)
Other Authors:	Harrison, April (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2022]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	African Americans > New York (State) > New York > History > Juvenile nonfiction. English language > Alphabet > Juvenile nonfiction. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > History > Juvenile nonfiction.

Summary:	"A richly informative alphabet picture book celebrating Harlem's vibrant traditions, past and present"--
Item Description:	"Christy Ottaviano books."
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Audience:	Ages 5-9
ISBN:	9780316322379 0316322377
Author Notes:	Dinah Johnson is the award-winning author of many books for young readers, including Black Magic , illustrated by R. Gregory Christie; Hair Dance! with photographs by Kelly Johnson; Quinnie Blue , illustrated by James Ransome; Sunday Week , illustrated by Tyrone Geter; and All Around Town: The Photographs of Richard Samuel Roberts . A professor of English at the University of South Carolina, she lives in Columbia, South Carolina. She invites you to visit her at dinahjohnsonbooks.com. April Harrison , a renowned folk artist, is the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award-winning illustrator of Patricia C. McKissack's final picture book, What Is Given from the Heart , which received four starred reviews and which the New York Times Book Review called an "exquisite story of generosity." Her work appears in the public collections of Vanderbilt University, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, the Atlanta Housing Authority, and the Erskine University Museum, as well as in many private collections. She invites you to visit her at www.april-harrison.com .