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Families Hardcover - 1994

by Selected by Dorothy Strickland; Selected by Michael R. Strickland; John Ward (Illustrator)


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Family relationships are explored and affirmed in this joyful anthology of poems celebrating the diversity of African American families. Michael Strickland, has collaborated with his mother, noted educator Dorothy Strickland, to bring us this warm collection. Rich and powerful poems by Eloise Greenfield, Lucille Clifton, and others are rooted in deeply felt values of belonging and mutual respect.

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  • Title Families
  • Author Selected by Dorothy Strickland; Selected by Michael R. Strickland; John Ward (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Boyds Mills Press, Honesdale, PA, U.S.A.
  • Date December 1994
  • ISBN 9781563972881 / 1563972883
  • Weight 0.91 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.34 x 8.36 x 0.38 in (28.80 x 21.23 x 0.97 cm)
  • Ages 02 to 05 years
  • Grade levels P - K
  • Library of Congress subjects Children's poetry, American, American poetry
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 93061162
  • Dewey Decimal Code 811.008

About the author

Dorothy S. Strickland is the State of New Jersey Professor Reading at Rutgers University. She is a past president of the International Reading Association. She lives in Orange, New Jersey.
Michael R. Strickland is the editor of "Poems That Sing to You, "an anthology of poems about music, published by Boyds Mills Press. He lives in Orange, New Jersey. John Ward has illustrated many books for children, including "We Keep a Store "by Anne Shelby. He lives in Freeport, New York."

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