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City Summer, Country Summer

Publisher: Kokila

Contributors:

Kiese Laymon (Author)

Alexis Franklin (Illustrator)

Contributors: Kiese Laymon (Author) ; Alexis Franklin (Illustrator)

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BISAC categories: Juvenille Fiction -> African American & Black -> General

BISAC categories: Juvenille Fiction -> Lifestyles -> Country Life

BISAC categories: Juvenille Fiction -> Boys & Men ->

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CORETTA SCOTT KING ILLUSTRATOR HONOR BOOK - A lyrical picture book from the award-winning author of Heavy, about three Black boys who form a deep connection during a transformative summer trip down South to visit family.

On the ground of that garden, covered in vegetables and dirt, coated in laughter, I want to say that the Mississippi and New York in our Black boy bodies were indistinguishable.

Three Black boys spend one special summer exploring the Mississippi woods and woulds and coulds of sharing the kind of freeing friendship that is love.

Watched over and given space to discover by Grandmama and Mama Lara, New York, Country, and little C find camaraderie in their contrasts and all the unspoken things between them while playing games of marco polo in the thick garden and sledding on cardboard by the underpass.

With text brimming with love by award-winning author Kiese Laymon and deeply evocative illustrations by Alexis Franklin, City Summer, Country Summer illuminates the tenuous and tender bonds of friendship Black boys forge with one another.
ISBN-10: 0593405560
ISBN-13: 9780593405567
Author: Laymon, Kiese, Franklin, Alexis
Publisher: Kokila

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780593405567

ISBN-10: 0593405560

Publisher: Kokila

Publish Date: April 1, 2025

On Sale Date: April 1, 2025

Language: English

Pages: 32

Dimensions: 10.2 × 10.3 × 0.6 in

Weight: 1.1 lbs

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