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Great short stories for your kids to read
This book shares the thoughts and stories of young african american children.As the kids speak up you will here the palm of there hart speaking to you. There are just great stories some happy some sad and some tell you just how much different there lifestyle is from ours.the kids will take you to there world and express there heart. ... Read more

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Everett Anderson's Goodbye is a touching portrait of a little boy who is trying to come to grips with his father's death. Lucille Clifton captures Everett's conflicting emotions as he confronts this painful reality. We see him struggle through many stages, from denial and anger to depression and, finally, acceptance. In this spare and moving poem, the last in this acclaimed series, Lucille Clifton brings Everett Anderson's life full circle.
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EXCELLENT EXCELLENT
This is a simply written book about a little boy who goes through the five stages of grief after the death of his father. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful and the book still brings tears to my eyes everytime I read it. Lucille Clifton is an excellent author who uses simplicity with great beauty. This book is good for young children 3-5 who are trying to understand and deal with grief. I would definitely recommend this with no hesitation!

Everett Anderson's Goodbye
This is absolutely the best book out there for a young child who has lost a parent. Written by Lucille Cliffton in simple rhyme, it goes through the 5 stages of grief. As the last stage of grief is acceptance, it ends with "and no matter what happens when people die, love doesn't stop and neither will I." The illustrations of this young African American boy and his mother are charcoal line drawings ~~ beautifully illustrating the profound loss this child has suffered, affirming the loss and yet reassuring the reader that acceptance and peace will come. ... Read more

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Out of bad things can come good things.
This is great book for kids to read to help them realize that sometimes bad things can lead to good things. Also, it is all right for boys and girls to play together. ... Read more

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This is the story "of what happened to Tassie Scott / the time sin brokeall out in her body / because she wasn't saved. / And also about me, / and howit was / the summer my uncle Sunny / followed the nun / back and forth / acrossthe Grider Street bridge." It is 1948 and 12-year-old Sooky and her best friendTassie entertain themselves by taking walks over to the white folks' section oftown to look in their windows, sitting on the curb by the bus stop to wait forthe first lights to come on at dusk, and listening to Amos and Andy on theradio. Sooky's Uncle Sunny, "most probably / just shell-shocked / from the war /with the 92d Division," catches sight of a nun-ghost one evening, and fixates onthe apparition for the remainder of his short life. Meanwhile Sooky and Tassiehave the specter of adolescence to contend with, complete with all the confusionand misinformation that always seems to mark this chapter of life, culminatingin a dramatic scene at the funeral home where Sunny's body is laid out forviewing.

Award-winning poet and author Lucille Clifton's verse-style story, firstpublished in 1974, has been reissued with engaging new charcoal illustrations byacclaimed illustrator E.B. Lewis. Nostalgic without stooping to sentimentality,this account of a girl's coming of age is warm and humorous, and will strike achord with readers of all ages. (Ages 10 and older) --Emilie Coulter ... Read more

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One can have fun alone, thinks Everett Anderson. And when it's just Everett and his mama-- well, two is fine, too. But three...Everett tries to understand why Mama and Mr. Perry like to spend so much time together, although it's hard, at first. But after a while, Everett admits that "three can be crowded or be just right or even too many." He thinks he just might get used to that number, after all!
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