{"product_id":"we-are-america-a-tribute-from-the-heart-9780060523107","title":"We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWe Are America: A Tribute from the Heart - An Award-Winning Picture Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis acclaimed picture book from Newbery Honor author Walter Dean Myers and Coretta Scott King Honor artist Christopher Myers explores the essence of American identity through stunning panoramic paintings and historically rich text. The father-son team behind the Caldecott Honor Book \u003cem\u003eHarlem\u003c\/em\u003e delivers a powerful visual and literary journey through America's complex story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat Makes This Book Special\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book features passionate writings and vivid portraits spanning American history, from Shawnee chief Tecumseh to Abraham Lincoln to Jimi Hendrix. Through graceful, lyrical prose paired with evocative paintings, readers encounter the struggles, ideals, and ongoing hope that define the American experience. The \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e praised it as paying \"tribute to the variety of America as well as to its promise,\" while the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e called it \"an inclusive, unblinkered variation of patriotism.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eIdeal for Classroom and Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned to spark questions and engage students, particularly in third through fifth grade, this picture book serves as an excellent educational resource. The sweeping panoramic artwork combined with text rich in historical allusion makes it perfect for discussions about American history, diversity, and national identity. Teachers and parents will find it valuable for exploring complex themes of revolution, progress, and possibility with young readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Creators\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom a father-son team comes a gorgeous picture book that \"pays tribute to the variety of America as well as to its promise--in Christopher Myers's words, 'the question mark of it.'\" \u003cem\u003e(Washington Post)\u003c\/em\u003e \"An inclusive, unblinkered variation of patriotism.\" \u003cem\u003e(New York Times)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith sweeping panoramic paintings and text rich with historical allusion, this stunning picture book features passionate writings and vivid portraits of political Americans, from Shawnee chief Tecumseh to Abraham Lincoln to Jimi Hendrix. This is a book to share at home or in the classroom, sure to spark questions and engage students, especially in third through fifth grade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Walter Dean Myers and Caldecott Honor artist Christopher Myers celebrate the freedom dream that is America: our struggles, our ideals, and our hope that we can live up to them. What is it to be an American? To live in a strange and beautiful land of complexity, with a tumultuous history of epic proportions, among the people who were here first, who came after, who will come tomorrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the centuries, from a blank canvas of mountains, plains, and canyons, the American landscape has been richly carved by revolution, progress, and possibility. Yet its story is still being written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith graceful, lyrical prose and evocative paintings, Newbery Honor author Walter Dean Myers and Coretta Scott King Honor artist Christopher Myers, the father-son team who created \u003cem\u003eHarlem\u003c\/em\u003e, pay tribute to the spirit and soul that is America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMyers, Christopher:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eChristopher Myers is a graduate of Brown University and the Whitney Museum of Art Independent Studio Program. He is the acclaimed illustrator of \u003cem\u003eLove: Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e by E. E. Cummings; \u003cem\u003eHarlem: A Poem\u003c\/em\u003e, a Caldecott Honor Book; \u003cem\u003eJazz\u003c\/em\u003e, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book; \u003cem\u003eBlues Journey\u003c\/em\u003e, a \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe-Horn Book\u003c\/em\u003e Honor Book. He is also the author-illustrator of \u003cem\u003eBlack Cat\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eH.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination\u003c\/em\u003e, both Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books; \u003cem\u003eWe Are America: A Tribute from the Heart\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eA Time to Love: Stories from the Old Testament\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eLooking Like Me\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eWings\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eFly!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMyers, Walter Dean:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWalter Dean Myers was the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eMonster\u003c\/em\u003e, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers received every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and six Coretta Scott King Awardees. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, a three-time National Book Award Finalist, as well as the first-ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680511234322,"sku":"9780060523107","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_85bf193d-7610-484d-aea4-51d7e6c4f272.jpg?v=1734920314","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/we-are-america-a-tribute-from-the-heart-9780060523107","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}