Bronzeville Boys and Girls

This classic picture book from Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks, paired with full-color illustrations by Caldecott Honor artist Faith Ringgold, explores the lives and dreams of the children who live together in an urban neighborhood. In 1956, Gwendolyn Brooks created thirty-four poems that celebrated the joy, beauty, imagination, and freedom of childhood. Bronzeville Boys and Girls features these timeless poems, which remind us that whether we live in the Bronzeville section of Chicago or any other neighborhood, childhood is universal in its richness of emotions and new experiences.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 12/26/2006
ISBN: 9780060295059
Pages: 48
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 11.34h x 9.22w x 0.60d
Award: Parents Choice Award (Spring) (1998-2007) - Winner

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 12/15/2006 pg. 1265
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2007 pg. 79
School Library Journal 02/01/2007 pg. 105
Booklist 02/01/2007 pg. 58
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2007 pg. 431 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Publishers Weekly 01/08/2007

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 115022 / Bronzeville Boys and Girls
Reading Level: 3.7 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5