Friday, April 23, 2010

2009 Coretta Scott King Medal- illustration

THE BLACKER THE BERRY by Joyce Carol Thomas illustrator Floyd Cooper


This collection of twelve poems celebrates the diversity of African-American heritage by showing the many varieties of color that they have. Through a mix of African heritage and everything from Seminole to Irish there is a celebration of the differences of the African –American race. Cooper uses a method of art that draws the images out of the pages and shows the happiness of the children depicted in the book.

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