{"product_id":"bird-9781620143483","title":"Bird","description":"\u003cp\u003eCoretta Scott King\/John Steptoe Award for New Talent in Illustrations, EMIERT\/ALA\u003cbr\u003e Ezra Jack Keats Book Award\u003cbr\u003e Best Books, Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e Notable Children's Book, American Library Association (ALA)\u003cbr\u003e Children's Books of the Year, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)\u003cbr\u003e Editor's Favorites, The Bloomsbury Review\u003cbr\u003e Starred Review, The Horn Book\u003cbr\u003e Story Telling World Award, Storytelling Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this gentle, award-winning picture book, an African American boy nicknamed Bird uses drawing as a creative outlet as he struggles to make sense of his grandfather's death and his brother's drug addiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung Mekhai, better known as Bird, loves to draw. With drawings, he can erase the things that don't turn out right. In real life, problems aren't so easily fixed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Bird struggles to understand the death of his beloved grandfather and his older brother's drug addiction, he escapes into his art. Drawing is an outlet for Bird's emotions and imagination, and provides a path to making sense of his world. In time, with the help of his grandfather's friend, Bird finds his own special somethin' and wings to fly.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTold with spare grace, \u003cem\u003eBird\u003c\/em\u003e is a touching look at a young boy coping with real-life troubles. Readers will be heartened by Bird's quiet resilience, and moved by the healing power of putting pencil to paper.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBird\u003c\/em\u003e, the recipient of Lee \u0026amp; Low's New Voices Award Honor, is the first picture book of both Zetta Elliot and Shadra Strickland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lee \u0026amp; Low Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620143483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 7.30w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e126507 \/ Bird\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.8 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Lower Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Zetta Elliott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42314542907573,"sku":"9781620143483","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b746f21a-18a3-42ee-8404-c66268f7b71a.jpg?v=1659410903","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bird-9781620143483","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}