Bird
by Zetta Elliott, Illustrated by Shadra Strickland
- A Top 10 Book in the “Children’s Books from the 21st Century” Category
- A Top 150 Children’s Book
- Coretta Scott King Award Winning Book 2009
- Ezra Jack Keats Award Winning, or Honored, Book
Publication Date: Oct 28, 2008
List Price: $19.95
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Picture Book
ISBN13: 9781600602412
Imprint: Lee & Low Books
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Parent Company: Lee & Low Books
Hardcover Description:
In 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.
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