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
Lee & Low Books (Oct 28, 2008)
Fiction, Hardcover, 48 pages
Target Age Group: Picture Book
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Description of Bird by Zetta Elliott
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.

Additional Book Information:
- ISBN: 9781600602412
- Imprint: Lee & Low Books
- Publisher: Lee & Low Books
- Parent Company: Lee & Low Books
Books similiar to Bird may be found in the categories below:
- JUVENILE FICTION / African American & Black
- Juvenile Fiction / Art & Architecture
- Juvenile Fiction / Family / Multigenerational
- Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Death & Dying
- Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse
- Juvenile Fiction / Stories In Verse