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Family prayer

"FAMILY PRAYER is a children's picture book in which a little brown girl finds joy by asking God to keep her family safe. But more than just her biological relatives, each family member is a maternal or paternal archetype, someone in her community who represents the title of mother, father...

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Main Author: Youngblood, Shay (Author)
Other Authors: Swarner, Kristina (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Convergent Books, [2022]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Children > Prayers and devotions > Juvenile fiction.
African American families > Juvenile fiction.
Christian fiction > Juvenile.
Religious fiction > Juvenile.
Picture books.
Summary: "FAMILY PRAYER is a children's picture book in which a little brown girl finds joy by asking God to keep her family safe. But more than just her biological relatives, each family member is a maternal or paternal archetype, someone in her community who represents the title of mother, father, aunty, or the like"--
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN: 9780593234693
0593234693
Author Notes: Shay Youngblood was a playwright and the author of the children's book Mama's Home, the novels Black Girl in Paris and Soul Kiss , and a collection of short fiction, The Big Mama Stories . She received numerous grants and awards, including a Pushcart Prize for fiction. She received her MFA in creative writing from Brown University and has taught at New York University and City College, NY. A native of Columbus, Georgia, Shay Youngblood passed away in June 2024.

At the age of five, Kristina Swarner decided that she wanted to be an artist when she grew up. Since graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design, Kristina has created many award-winning illustrations and exhibited her work internationally. She lives in Chicago with her mostly four-legged family.

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