Andrea Davis Pinkney
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English
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The story of The Snowy Day begins more than one hundred years ago, when Ezra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. The family were struggling Polish immigrants, and despite Keats's obvious talent, his father worried that Ezra's dream of being an artist was an unrealistic one. But Ezra was determined. By high school he was winning prizes and scholarships. Later, jobs followed with the WPA (Works Progress Administration) and Marvel comics. But it was...
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1 volume (unnumbered) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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The New York Times best-selling and award-winning duo present this celebration of Black and Brown babies and the happiness, gentle moments and endless love shared between children and their caregivers.
8) Alvin Ailey
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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Describes the life, dancing, and choreography of Alvin Ailey, who created his own modern dance company to explore the black experience.