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"* ""Use this handsome, inspiring offering to enrich units on Shakespeare, theater, or black history."" -- School Library Journal, starred review ""A valuable addition to any biography collection."" -- Booklist ""[G]racefully told and elegantly illustrated"" -- Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of the Year - Bank Street College of Education CCBC Choices - Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)"

"* ""Use this handsome, inspiring offering to enrich units on Shakespeare, theater, or black history."" -- School Library Journal, starred review ""A valuable addition to any biography collection."" -- Booklist ""[G]racefully told and elegantly illustrated"" -- Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)"

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Glenda Armand is the author of many picture and chapter books. She won Lee & Low's New Voices Award for the manuscript Love Twelve Miles Long. Glenda has had a long career as a teacher and school librarian. She loves reading about history and is passionate about sharing the stories of important but little-known historical figures. She lives in Los Angeles, California. To learn more, visit glenda-armand.com. Floyd Cooper was a celebrated illustrator and author of nearly one hundred children's books. As a picture book creator, he strived to shed light on chapters of African American history that he felt weren't taught enough in classrooms. His works were selected as ALA Notable Children's Books, nominated for the NAACP Image Award, and honored with the Coretta Scott King (CSK) Award. He was awarded a posthumous Caldecott Honor, a CSK Award, and a Sibert Honor for his illustrations in Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre. Cooper passed away in 2021.

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