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In the Neighborhood of Eloise Greenfield

March 8, 2021December 24, 2020 by Martin and Root

The Great Migration: Journey to the North

Eloise Greenfield In this season of gift-giving we want to look at the gift of poetry, specifically the poetry and writing of Eloise Greenfield. Since publishing her first poem in 1962, she has written more than forty-five books for children and was the recipient of the 2018 Coretta Scott King Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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Fairy Tales, Part 1

March 7, 2021November 26, 2020 by Heidi Hammond and Gail Nordstrom

The universal appeal of fairy tales is documented by the similarities of stories across countries, cultures and centuries. The “Cinderella” story alone is over 1000 years old with over 1000 varients. What makes an individual picture book version of a fairy tale unique? The illustrations. Jane Yolen (2004) states, “Many of the picture-book retellings of folktales are more about the art than the story” (p.

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Javaka Steptoe

March 8, 2021October 29, 2020 by Martin and Root

Though our focus this month is on Javaka Steptoe, we want to begin this column with another book by his father, John Steptoe, Daddy is a Monster…Sometimes. This book is narrated by two children, Bweela and Javaka, who begin, “We are Bweela and Javaka and we have a daddy. He’s a nice daddy and all, but he got somethin’ wrong with him… .”

John Steptoe’s Beautiful Books

March 8, 2021September 24, 2020 by Martin and Root

This month we want to celebrate the work of John Steptoe, brilliant artist and writer, who was born on September 14, 1950. His work is a year-round birthday present to all of us.

Two for the Show

September 24, 2015September 9, 2015 by Marsha Qualey

by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Phyllis Root We want to start by saying that we are loving the chance to look at forgotten books or wonderful classics from the past that this blog has given us. And this time, when we were thinking of what we might look at, John Steptoe came to mind— maybe because we were considering possibilities in August and he died in August of 1989.… more

In the Neighborhood of Eloise Greenfield

Fairy Tales, Part 1

Javaka Steptoe

John Steptoe’s Beautiful Books

Two for the Show

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