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"Kiki has watched her mama practice karate for a long time, and now she wants to learn too. She wants to become strong and steady like a mountain. The bullies at school are strong for the wrong reasons. They make Kiki feel small. But today at her first karate lesson, everything changes. Award-winnin...

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Main Authors: Yolen, Jane (Author), Stemple, Ariel (Author)
Other Authors: Ledda, John (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, MN : Beaming Books, 2023.
Subjects:
Karate > Juvenile fiction.
Self-confidence > Juvenile fiction.
Bullying > Juvenile fiction.
Karate > Juvenile poetry.
Children's poetry, American.
Bullies and bullying > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
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Summary:"Kiki has watched her mama practice karate for a long time, and now she wants to learn too. She wants to become strong and steady like a mountain. The bullies at school are strong for the wrong reasons. They make Kiki feel small. But today at her first karate lesson, everything changes. Award-winning author Jane Yolen joins forces with debut author Ariel Stemple in this picture book about reclaiming strength, confidence, and peace through martial arts. This lyrical story of self-empowerment at a martial arts studio is woven around the poetic lines of Yolen's well-known poem "Karate Kid," used by educators and librarians for decades. Backmatter includes personal notes from the authors about how this story came to be and how martial arts helped save Stemple who was bullied as a child."--Amazon.
Item Description:"'Karate Kid' poem copyright ©1996 by Jane Yolen, originally published in Opening Days: Sports Poems (Harcourt)"--Colophon.
At her first karate lesson, a young girl named Kiki regains her confidence and strength after being bullied at school.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Audience:Ages 4-8.
ISBN:9781506485638
1506485634
Author Notes:Jane Yolen was born February 11, 1939 in New York City. She received a bachelor's degree from Smith College in 1960 and a master's degree in education from the University of Massachusetts in 1976. After college, she became an editor in New York City and wrote during her lunch break. She sold her first children's book, Pirates in Petticoats, at the age of 22. Since then, she has written over 300 books for children, young adults, and adults.

Her other works include the Emperor and the Kite, Owl Moon, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? and The Devil's Arithmetic. She has won numerous awards including the Kerlan Award, the Regina Medal, the Keene State Children's Literature Award, the Caldecott Medal, two Nebula Awards, two Christopher Medals, the World Fantasy Award, three Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards, the Golden Kite Award, the Jewish Book Award, the World Fantasy Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Association of Jewish Libraries Award.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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