CHILDREN'S BOOKS/AGES 9-12
Self-Portrait with Wings
Ten-year-old Jennifer's overnight acquisition of gossamer wings brings her a combination of joy, drudgery, and embarrassment, and she finds that the ice skating rink is the one place where she can truly enjoy her new ability to fly.
Featuring a new introduction from renowned activist and writer Cherrié Moraga, Waiting in the Wings (25th Anniversary Edition) is a thoughtfully tender memoir of lesbian motherhood.
'Self portrait' allowed me to spread my wings and express how I went through the beautification process to become what I have been destined and purposed to be by God.
Dr. Paul Raia, PhD, Former Vice President of Clinical Services, The Alzheimers Association, Massachusetts/New Hampshire Chapter Proceeds from the sale of this book go to the Alzheimers Association to fund research for a cure.
More than twenty illustrators of children's books, including James Ransome, Robert Sabuda, Maira Kalman, and Maurice Sendak, talk about their work.
Whether in a field with Joan of Arc, encountering the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, or having dinner with Hades, these are haunting poems of loss and unearthing, equally bold, personal, and tender.
She's standing in front of one of my sketches , my self - portrait ... with wings , which is next to my Greenpeace ship with wings , and my Rosa Parks with wings . I'm still perfecting that one . “ They're heroic , ” I say .
“Do you think it's possible to be too smart?" “I've been living with too smart for almost thirteen years." They watched the bison again in silence. The curious herd member nosed the fence, then snorted and trotted back to her family.
It is uncertain if a similar intention existed with Gibran when he wrote the letters framed as A Self - Portrait . However , the fact that Gibran wrote an autobiographical novel , The Broken Wings , seems to suggest that he had no ...