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The Baby on the Way

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By the Coretta Scott King Honor author
In an urban rooftop garden, a young African American boy named Jamal initiates an intriguing conversation with his grandmother when he asks her if she was ever a baby. Turns out Grandma was even once ?the baby on the way, ? and she proceeds to tell the story of her birth, the tenth child in a poor farming family. As she discusses the events and traditions that accompanied her welcome to the world, from the fetching of the midwife to a folkways ritual of drinking water from a thimble, vivid, expressionistic paintings from a talented new illustrator evoke the past.A gentle and satisfying book that will inspire young readers to gather other stories about being the baby on the way.

Language: English

Pages: 32

Format: Hardcover

Release: October 06, 2005

ISBN 13: 9780374373610

The Baby on the Way

0/5 ( ratings)

By the Coretta Scott King Honor author
In an urban rooftop garden, a young African American boy named Jamal initiates an intriguing conversation with his grandmother when he asks her if she was ever a baby. Turns out Grandma was even once ?the baby on the way, ? and she proceeds to tell the story of her birth, the tenth child in a poor farming family. As she discusses the events and traditions that accompanied her welcome to the world, from the fetching of the midwife to a folkways ritual of drinking water from a thimble, vivid, expressionistic paintings from a talented new illustrator evoke the past.A gentle and satisfying book that will inspire young readers to gather other stories about being the baby on the way.

Language: English

Pages: 32

Format: Hardcover

Release: October 06, 2005

ISBN 13: 9780374373610

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