Going down home with daddy
Record details
- ISBN: 1561459380 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781561459384 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
print - Publisher: Atlanta : Peachtree Publishers, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
Awards Note: | Caldecott honor book, 2020 |
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Subject: | African Americans Fiction Families Fiction Family reunions Fiction |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | E LYONS K (Text) | 33126022720555 | Easy | Available | - |
Erlanger Branch | E LYONS K (Text) | 33126022720530 | Easy | Available | - |
Independence Branch | E LYONS K (Text) | 33126024140125 | JBreakout Collection 1 | Available | - |
- School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2019 April
Copyright 2019 School Library Journal.Gr 2â5â Inspired by the author's family heritage and traditions, this title follows an African American family as they travel "down home" for a family reunion. Lil' Alan is excited to see his extended family and visit his great-grandma and her farm but is anxious about how he might contribute to the celebration. Sis is planning to sing Granny's favorite song, and cousin Isaiah will read a poem by Langston Hughes, but what can Lil' Alan do? As he goes on a tractor ride, enjoys "love-made" family meals, attends church services, and listens to his father and other relatives share memories and ruminate on the importance of family, Lil' Alan realizes that the answer is in the precious family land, the gifts of which he uses in a heartfelt tribute to his family and its roots. Minter's illustrations, rendered in an acrylic wash, work in beautiful harmony with Lyons's joyful portrait of a deeply loving multigenerational family. Carefully layered images, patterns, and textures reinforce the narrative links between family history, American history, ancestral land and nature, and the bonds of family: "When we go down home with Daddy, everything we see holds a piece of him and us."VERDICT Readers will enjoy this moving celebration of familial love, history, and tradition. Highly recommended.âLauren Strohecker, McKinley Elementary School, Elkins Park, PA