{"product_id":"you-are-my-pride-a-love-letter-from-your-motherland-9781635923872","title":"You Are My Pride: A Love Letter from Your Motherland","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this powerfully written and beautifully illustrated picture book by award-winning author and illustrator team Carole Boston Weatherford and E. B. Lewis, Mother Africa addresses her offspring of all colors in all corners of the earth, reminding us of our timeless bond.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in the voice of Mother Africa, who speaks to her children--human beings--this stunning picture book thrums with the love between mother and child as it celebrates humanity's common roots. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore words or tools or fire, Mother Africa's caves sheltered us and her forests fed us. She could not protect us from all dangers, but, like mothers everywhere, she gave her children all she could and sent us into the world with confidence and love. Told in the ringing, singing language of a creation story, this book is a love letter from mother to child that honors our shared history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncludes back matter with nonfiction information about human evolution and about the migration of \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e from Africa around the globe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author \u003cb\u003eCarole Boston Weatherford\u003c\/b\u003e's 60-plus books include the Caldecott Honor book \u003ci\u003eUnspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she was awarded the Coretta Scott King Author Award and a Sibert Honor; the Newbery Honor winner \u003ci\u003eBox;\u003c\/i\u003e and the Caldecott Honor winners \u003ci\u003eFreedom in Congo Square, Fannie Lou Hamer, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMoses\u003c\/i\u003e. She won a Coretta Scott King Author Honor for \u003ci\u003eBecoming Billie Holiday\u003c\/i\u003e. Weatherford teaches at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eE. B. Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e, award-winning illustrator and fine artist, has illustrated over seventy books for children, including \u003ci\u003eThe Other Side\u003c\/i\u003e by Jacqueline Woodson and \u003ci\u003eLizzie Demands a Seat\u003c\/i\u003e by Beth Anderson. After his graduation from the Temple University Tyler School of Art, Lewis taught art in public schools for twelve years. Presently, he teaches at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Astra Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50651629781266,"sku":"9781635923872","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2e01b46e-4bb0-477a-9f11-c57a8ff15082.jpg?v=1733306008","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/you-are-my-pride-a-love-letter-from-your-motherland-9781635923872","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}