Book
1 of 2 Copies Available
- OSHTEMO: Children's Collection
Build a house
Call Number
- JE RHYMES & SONGS GIDD (CEN, OSH)
Edition
Reinforced trade edition.
Publication Information
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2022.
Physical Description
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Audience
Grades 2-5.
Summary
"Grammy Award winner Rhiannon Giddens celebrates Black history and culture in her unflinching, uplifting, and gorgeously illustrated picture book debut. As an acclaimed musician, singer, songwriter, and cofounder of the traditional African American string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Rhiannon Giddens has long used her art to mine America's musical past and manifest its future, passionately recovering lost voices and reconstructing a nation's musical heritage. Written as a song to commemorate the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth-which was originally performed with famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma-and paired here with bold illustrations by painter Monica Mikai, Build a House tells the moving story of a people who would not be moved and the music that sustained them. Steeped in sorrow and joy, resilience and resolve, turmoil and transcendence, this dramatic debut offers a proud view of history and a vital message for readers of all ages: honor your heritage, express your truth, and let your voice soar, even-or perhaps especially-when your heart is heaviest."--
Subjects
- African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
- Juneteenth > Juvenile fiction.
- Children's songs > Texts > Juvenile fiction.
- House construction > Juvenile fiction.
- Families > Juvenile fiction.
- Racism > Juvenile fiction.
- Racism > Fiction.
- Families > Fiction.
- Children's songs > Texts.
- Juneteenth > Fiction.
- House construction.
- African Americans > Fiction.