Best books of 2005.A Wreath for Emmett Till Emmett Louis "Bobo" Till (July 25 1941 – August 28 1955) was a fourteen year old African-American boy from Chicago, Illinois brutally murdered [1] in Money, Mississippi, a small town in the state's Delta region. by Marilyn Nelson, illustrated by Philippe Lardy Philippe Lardy, born in Switzerland in 1963, is an illustrator and painter. He attends the School of Visual Arts in the late 80's in New York. He co-publishes "GIN & COMIX" with Jose Ortega, inspired by RAW magazine, bringing together an international showcase of artists. Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading educational publisher in the United States. The company's headquarters is located in Boston's Back Bay. It publishes textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers Company, April 2005 $17, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-618-39752-3 Ages 13-17 Published in observance of the 50th anniversary of the murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, who was murdered by lynching in Mississippi in 1955, Nelson's sonnets explore innocence brutalized with painstaking beauty. Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life by Jerdine Nolen, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. Books for Young Readers, January 2005 $16.95, ISBN 0-689-86866-9 Ages 5-10 Hewitt is everything his parents could want in a son. But there's just one problem--he's very, very small. And his family descends from a long line of proud giants. But it turns out that Hewitt's great, big character is all he really needs. Growing Up in Slavery: Stories of Young Slaves As Told by Themselves Edited by Yuval Taylor Illustrations by Kathleen Judge Lawrence Hill Books, January 2005 $22.95, ISBN 1-556-52548-6 Ages 14 and up Growing Up in Slavery presents intense, autobiographical stories of life in bondage. The heartrending recollections will indeed give teens a deeper understanding of slavery. Hot Jazz Special Words and Pictures by Jonny Hannah Candlewick can·dle·wick n. 1. The wick of a candle. 2. a. A soft heavy cotton thread similar to that used to make wicks for candles. b. Embroidery made of tufts of this thread. Press, March 2005 $16.99, ISBN 0-763-62308-3 Ages 6-10 Hannah's book lifts the spirits with snappy prose and exuberant pictures that capture the energy of jazz, introducing readers to some of the famous artists. Audiobooks Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa vir·tu·o·sa n. A woman who is a virtuoso. [Italian, feminine of virtuoso, virtuoso; see virtuoso.] by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney, read by Billy Dee Williams with original recordings by Ella Fitzgerald, Weston Woods Studios, unabridged cassette: $34.95 ISBN 0-786-12725-2; unabridged CD: $44.95, ISBN 0-786-18590-2 Ellington Was Not a Street by Notzake Shange and Kadir Nelson Read by Phylicia Rashad Weston Woods Studios, unabridged cassette and hardcover book: $24.95 ISBN 0-439-77576-0; unabridged CD and hardcover book: $29.95 ISBN 0-439-77582-5 Time Piece: The Book of Times by Virginia Hamilton, read by Lisa Renee Pitts Blackstone Audiobooks, unabridged cassette: $19.95, ISBN 0-786-12906-9; unabridged CD: $19.95 ISBN 0-786-18242-3 |
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