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Grade 4-8-A fresh celebration of love based on the African-American experience. The 22 selections run the gamut of all types of affection, from teenaged crushes to the feelings between siblings and the bonds between children and their parents. Bittersweet poems describe relationships between elderly relatives, as "Uncle Willis" looks after his sickly wife and a gray-haired couple enjoy a memory-filled moment: "The graying sweethearts/Young once more/Whirl and dance/Across the floor." There is even a poem about the love Medgar Evers shared with his wife. All of the poetry is simple, written with everyday language in a straightforward style that needs no analysis or search for symbolism. Many of the poems are free verse and have a first-person narrator. Grimes has expressed a wide range of emotions in this collection, and each poem validates the importance of love in that situation. Rosales's warm illustrations, rendered in pastel pencils on acrylic-and-oil paints, reflect the mood of each selection. Some of the paintings are framed like cameos, adding to the intimacy of the words. Red-heart accents near the page numbers and red titles on cream paper complete the look. This small treasury will lift readers' spirits and touch their hearts.
Betty Teague, Blythe Academy of Languages, Greenville, SC
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Christmas Valentine
Do Like Malcolm
Eye-luv-u
The Gift
Hopscotch Love
Juicy-fruit Love
A Little Understanding
Marcus Toussaint
Medgar & Myrlie
Miss Lee
Mother Love
Mr. Lester
No Excuses
Pineapple Surprise
Sister Love
Sweethearts Dance
True Love Blues
Uncle Willis
Why I Hate Jamel
Words
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®
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Grade 4-8-A fresh celebration of love based on the African-American experience. The 22 selections run the gamut of all types of affection, from teenaged crushes to the feelings between siblings and the bonds between children and their parents. Bittersweet poems describe relationships between elderly relatives, as "Uncle Willis" looks after his sickly wife and a gray-haired couple enjoy a memory-filled moment: "The graying sweethearts/Young once more/Whirl and dance/Across the floor." There is even a poem about the love Medgar Evers shared with his wife. All of the poetry is simple, written with everyday language in a straightforward style that needs no analysis or search for symbolism. Many of the poems are free verse and have a first-person narrator. Grimes has expressed a wide range of emotions in this collection, and each poem validates the importance of love in that situation. Rosales's warm illustrations, rendered in pastel pencils on acrylic-and-oil paints, reflect the mood of each selection. Some of the paintings are framed like cameos, adding to the intimacy of the words. Red-heart accents near the page numbers and red titles on cream paper complete the look. This small treasury will lift readers' spirits and touch their hearts.
Betty Teague, Blythe Academy of Languages, Greenville, SC
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
Christmas Valentine
Do Like Malcolm
Eye-luv-u
The Gift
Hopscotch Love
Juicy-fruit Love
A Little Understanding
Marcus Toussaint
Medgar & Myrlie
Miss Lee
Mother Love
Mr. Lester
No Excuses
Pineapple Surprise
Sister Love
Sweethearts Dance
True Love Blues
Uncle Willis
Why I Hate Jamel
Words
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®
See all Editorial Reviews
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- Black Books Galore!: Guide to More Great African American Children's Books by Donna Rand on page 179, and Back Matter
- Multicultural American History: Through Children's Literature by Deborah Ellermeyer on page 62
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