Cover image for We could fly
Title:
We could fly
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2023.
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly colour illustrations ; 31 cm
ISBN:
9781536222548
Abstract:
As a mother and daughter watch a bird take flight, the young girl feels a trembling in her arms and a lightness in her feet. Her mama shares that once, long ago, their ancestors actually could fly. Every night they would slip away and soar through the skies, searching for safety, looking for the promised land. Mama feels in her bones that her daughter is meant to follow those old ways, like her grandmother before her. So Mama grabs hold of her hand, and together they join the freedom journey that was started long ago. In 'We Could Fly', Rhiannon Giddens-Grammy Award winner and cofounder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops-gives wing to a moving tale of grace and transcendence, with acclaimed artist Briana Mukodiri Uchendu.
General Note:
"Based on the song We Could Fly by Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk Powell, published by Children of Llyr Music/Crying Bayou Music (BMI)"--Copyright page.
Language:
English
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