Cover of We Are Shining

We Are Shining

by Gwendolyn Brooks

32 pages2017HarperCollinsISBN 9780062570666

About this book

<p>From Gwendolyn Brooks, U.S. Poet Laureate and the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize, and Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist Jan Spivey Gilchrist comes We Are Shining. Marking the 100th birthday of Gwendolyn Brooks, this powerful picture book is a celebration of the diversity of our world. This life-affirming poem is now illustrated for the very first time, with stunning, vibrant images.</p><p>A story of our shared humanity, Gwendolyn Brooks honors the beauty of our world and the many different people in it. Brooks speaks to all children of the world in this moving poem about acceptance, stressing that every child should have the opportunity for a shining future and offering hope for a better tomorrow.</p>

Publication Details

Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
2017
Pages
32
ISBN
9780062570666
Language
en

About Gwendolyn Brooks

An American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks>Wikipedia</a>).

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