{"product_id":"the-great-migration-journey-to-the-north-9780061259234","title":"The Great Migration: Journey to the North","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe were one family among the many thousands. Mama and Daddy leaving home, coming to the city, with their hopes and their courage, their dreams and their children, to make a better life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this beautiful collection of poems and collage artwork, award winners Eloise Greenfield and Jan Spivey Gilchrist gracefully depict the experiences of families like their own, who found the courage to leave their homes behind during the Great Migration and make new lives for themselves elsewhere. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Eloise Greenfield was four months old, her family moved from their home in Parmele, North Carolina, to Washington, D.C. Before Jan Spivey Gilchrist was born, her mother moved from Arkansas and her father moved from Mississippi. Both settled in Chicago, Illinois. Though none of them knew it at the time, they had all become part of the Great Migration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Great Migration\u003c\/em\u003e concludes with a bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreenfield, Eloise:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEloise Greenfield\u003c\/strong\u003e's first book was published in 1972. She was the author of forty-eight children's books including \u003cem\u003eHoney, I Love and Other Poems \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Great Migration. \u003c\/em\u003eShe received many awards, including the 2018 Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. Eloise was a beloved children's book creator whose pioneering voice, especially for the Black American experience, has made her an inspiration to many generations of readers. \u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGilchrist, Jan Spivey:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJan Spivey Gilchrist\u003c\/strong\u003e is the award-winning illustrator-author of seventy-four children's books. Dr. Gilchrist illustrated the highly acclaimed picture book \u003cem\u003eThe Great Migration: Journey to the North\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Coretta Scott King Honor Award, a Junior Library Guild Best Book, an NAACP Image Award nominee, a CCBC Best Book, and a Georgia State Children's Book Award nominee. She won the Coretta Scott King Award for her illustrations in \u003cem\u003eNathaniel Talking\u003c\/em\u003e and a Coretta Scott King Honor for her illustrations in \u003cem\u003eNight on Neighborhood Street\u003c\/em\u003e, all written by Eloise Greenfield. She was inducted into the Society of Illustrators in 2001 and into the International Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent in 1999. She lives near Chicago, Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amistad Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50634958143762,"sku":"9780061259234","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_87421784-78fe-43ea-9704-a6c7be50ba14.jpg?v=1732826214","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-great-migration-journey-to-the-north-9780061259234","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}