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When thunder comes Poems for Civil Rights Leaders. Cover Image E-book E-book

When thunder comes Poems for Civil Rights Leaders

Lewis, J. Patrick (Author).

Summary: In moving verse, Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis gives new voice to seventeen heroes of civil rights. Exquisitely illustrated by five extraordinary artists, this commanding collection of poems invites the reader to hear in each verse the thunder that lies in every voice, no matter how small. Featuring civil rights luminaries Coretta Scott King, Harvey Milk, Mohandas Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Sylvia Mendez, Aung San Suu Kyi, Mamie Carthan Till, Helen Zia, Josh Gibson, Dennis James Banks, Mitsuye Endo, Ellison Onizuka, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Yunus, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner.

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  • ISBN: 9781452119441 (electronic bk)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource
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  • Publisher: 2013.

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Target Audience Note:
Text Difficulty 4
MG/Middle grades (4th-8th)
5.5 ATOS Level
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Electronic reproduction. San Francisco : Chronicle Books LLC, 2013. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 31429 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 3241 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB).

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J. Patrick Lewis is the Poetry Foundation's 2011–2013 Children's Poet Laureate. He is the award-winning author of more than 75 books for young people and lives in Westerville, Ohio.

R. Gregory Christie lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Meilo So lives in the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom.

John Parra lives in Queens, New York.

Jim Burke lives in Beacon, New York.

Tonya Engel lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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