Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

By Kadir Nelson. Illus. by the author. Publishers: HarperCollins/Balzer and Bray

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91´«Ã½

Gr. 3–7.

Through 44 full-page paintings and a text told in the fictionalized, informal voice of an African American senior citizen looking back on her life, Nelson presents an intimate, powerful view of American and African American history, from colonial days through the civil rights movement.

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ISBN:

9780061730740

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Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth

91´«Ã½

Committed to providing a broad selection of outstanding books that mixes popular appeal with literary excellence, the Books for Youth editorial staff has chosen the titles below as best-of-the-year fiction, nonfiction, and picture books.
2011 - Selection(s)