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This is a journey that began in many places. It began in Kansas, home of Barack's mother. It began in Africa, home of Barack's father. It began in Hawaii one moonlit night, the night that Barack was born. Sometimes it was a lonely journey. Sometimes it was an enchanted journey. But throughout this most unusual ride, this boy often wondered: Who am I Where do I belong Jonah Winter and AG Ford re-create the extraordinary story behind the rise of the inspirational icon Barack Obama in this stunning picture book.

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Jonah Winter is the author of many celebrated biographies for young readers, including the New York Times bestselling Barack, JFK, and Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx/La juez que creció en el Bronx. He grew up in Dallas, Texas, and lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. AG Ford is a New York Times bestselling artist and recipient of two NAACP Image Awards and has illustrated more than thirty books for children, including picture books by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sharon Robinson, Ilyasah Shabazz, Martin Luther King III, Nick Cannon, Jonah Winter, the Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and many others. He grew up in Dallas and attended the Columbus College of Art and Design and now lives in Frisco, Texas, with his wife, Brandy, and their two sons, Maddox and Carter.

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