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God Bless the Child
By Holiday, Billie & Herzog, Arthur & Pinkney, Jerry
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06028-797-9
- Publisher
- [New York] : HarperCollins/Amistad, c2004.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2004
K-Gr 5 A moving visual interpretation of Holiday and Herzog's swing spiritual based on the proverb, "God blessed the child that's got his own." The song serves as the inspiration for Pinkney's depiction of the Great Migration of the 1930s. Through evocative images, the artist tells the story of one family's move north. The warm and sweeping illustrations are masterful, completely filling each spread. Although the pages are ric...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
