Jump at the Sun

The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston

Jump at the Sun
Jacqueline Alcantara, Alicia D Williams
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NZ$ 45.00
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NZ$ 36.00
Hardback
h279 x 254mm - 48pg
18 Feb 2021 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781534419131
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From the Newbery Honor-winning author of Genesis Begins Again comes a shimmering picture book that shines the light on Zora Neale Hurston, the extraordinary writer and storycatcher extraordinaire who changed the face of American literature. Zora was a girl who hankered for tales like bees for honey. Now, her mama always told her that if she wanted something, "to jump at de sun", because even though you might not land quite that high, at least you' d get off the ground. So Zora jumped from place to place, from the porch of the general store where she listened to folktales, to Howard University, to Harlem. And everywhere she jumped, she shined sunlight on the tales most people hadn' t been bothered to listen to until Zora. The tales no one had written down until Zora. Tales on a whole culture of literature overlooked. . . until Zora. Until Zora jumped.
Alicia D. Williams is the author of Genesis Begins Again, which received a Newbery and Kirkus Prize honors, was a William C. Morris Award finalist, and for which she won the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent. A graduate of the MFA program at Hamline University, and an oral storyteller in the African American tradition, she is also a teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. Jacqueline Alcantara is the illustrator of the critically acclaimed The Field and Freedom Soup. Her favorite days are spent drawing, painting, writing, and walking her dog. In 2016, she was awarded the inaugural We Need Diverse Books Illustrator mentorship. Find out more at JacquelineAlcantara. com.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781534419131
Published: 18 Feb 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardback
Height: 279mm
Width: 254mm
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 569g
Pages: 48

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