Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} We Are Shining by Gwendolyn Brooks We Are Shining. Gwendolyn Brooks, U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner, would have turned 100 years old this year. In celebration of that anniversary, her incredible poem We Are Shining has been published as a picture book for the first time, featuring illustrations by Coretta Scott King Award winner Jan Spivey Gilchrist. Honoring the lives of children all over the world, this poem speaks unabashedly with heart and love. The words are simple enough to be understood by even young children, yet the meaning behind them resounds deeply. The relationship between the text and the illustrations is perfectly symbiotic here, in that they truly feed into each other with a touch of whimsy and through a representation of a global society. I adore this particular sentence, spread across three two-page spreads of dream-like images: There are children in the world all around me and beyond me — here, and beyond the big waters; here, and in countries peculiar to me but not peculiar to themselves. Helping children to understand the scope of cultures around the world is challenging, but Brooks’ touching words along with Gilchrist’s illustrations help to bring this large concept into smaller, more tangible ideas. They address serious and complex issues of war and suffering, but it’s done in a way that is gentle and understanding to a child’s perspective. This positive picture book deserves a place in all school and public libraries and is a delightful addition to classroom and personal libraries, as well. ISBN 13: 9780062570666. From Gwendolyn Brooks, U.S. Poet Laureate and the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize, and Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist Jan Spivey Gilchrist comes We Are Shining . Marking the 100th birthday of Gwendolyn Brooks, this powerful picture book is a celebration of the diversity of our world. This life-affirming poem is now illustrated for the very first time, with stunning, vibrant images. A story of our shared humanity, Gwendolyn Brooks honors the beauty of our world and the many different people in it. Brooks speaks to all children of the world in this moving poem about acceptance, stressing that every child should have the opportunity for a shining future and offering hope for a better tomorrow. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Life is for us, and is shining. We have a right to sing. Pulitzer Prize—winning poet laureate Gwendolyn Brooks speaks to all children of the world in this moving and life-affirming poem about acceptance and opportunity. In this story of our shared humanity, Gwendolyn Brooks honors the beauty of our world and the many different people in it. Accompanied by vibrant and stunning artwork from Coretta Scott King Award—winning illustrator Jan Spivey Gilchrist, this picture book is a powerful celebration of diversity and hope for a shining future, just in time to commemorate the esteemed poet Gwendolyn Brooks’s one hundredth birthday. About the Author : Gwendolyn Brooks (1917—2000) is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Annie Allen and one of the most celebrated Black poets. She also served as consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress—the first Black woman to hold that position. She was the poet laureate for the state of Illinois for over thirty years, a National Women’s Hall of Fame inductee, and the recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Her works include We Are Shining , Bronzeville Boys and Girls, A Street in Bronzeville , In the Mecca , The Bean Eaters , and Maud Martha . You can find out more about her at www.gwendolynbrooks.net. Jan Spivey Gilchrist is the award-winning illustrator-author of seventy-four children's books. Dr. Gilchrist illustrated the highly acclaimed picture book The Great Migration: Journey to the North , winner of the Coretta Scott King Honor Award, a Junior Library Guild Best Book, an NAACP Image Award nominee, a CCBC Best Book, and a Georgia State Children's Book Award nominee. She won the Coretta Scott King Award for her illustrations in Nathaniel Talking and a Coretta Scott King Honor for her illustrations in Night on Neighborhood Street , all written by Eloise Greenfield. She was inducted into the Society of Illustrators in 2001 and into the International Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent in 1999. She lives near Chicago, Illinois. We Are Shining by Gwendolyn Brooks (Hardcover, 2017) The lowest-priced brand-new, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging (where packaging is applicable). 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Vibrant paintings add a fresh, new dimension and bring the poet's Chicago neighborhood to life. We Are Shining. “Life is for me/and is shining!” begins the poem and continues as the child expresses her wish for a peaceful world in which there is laughter and family. Watercolors are both fantastical and realistic as the poem continues to a gleeful, “Life is for us,/and is shining./We have a right to sing.” Proceeds from the sale of books purchased at Amazon.com help support the Reading Rockets project. Thank you! New and Popular. Our Literacy Blogs. Literacy Apps. Find the best apps for building literacy skills. Target the Problem. Pinpoint the problem a struggling reader is having and discover ways to help. Ready for Kindergarten. What parents, teachers and child care providers need to know. Our Podcasts. Watch or listen to our classroom video, author interviews and more. FAQs About Reading. Real questions from parents and educators, answered by experts. 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