![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m drawn to the artful use of language, and combined art forms working together, so I love picture books for that reason. Despite not having any children of your own, how do you feel that you were drawn to write for them? Haven't read any of them, but I've heard of the third one. Question TWO: All sound very interesting. If You Want to See a Whale by Julie Fogliano.Ol’ Bloo’s Boogie-Woogie Band and Blues Ensemble by Jan Huling.The Ghost-eye Tree by Bill Martin, Jr.This is such a hard question! I never know whether to list all-time favorites or current favorites. Question ONE: What are three of your favorite picture books? Each page also has an explanatory note that provides historical and sometimes literary context for each poem. and each poem is spoken in the voice of a different slave (except first and last poems-they are present day speakers). Each poem is named for a traditional quilt block pattern: Broken Dishes, Log Cabin Birds in the Air, etc. Using the American folk tradition of quilting as a structural framework, poet Cynthia Grady weaves together spiritual, musical, and quilting references with evocative imagery to express the pain, sorrow, and weariness as well as the joy and hope sustained by those living in slavery in America. (14 poems plus historical notes for each poem) Title: I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery ![]()
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