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For National Curriculum Early Years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 1, Interest age: from c 4 years, Picture storybooks, Personal & social issues: self-awareness & self-es, Personal & social issues: racism & multiculturalis
Jacqueline Woodson's lyrical text and Rafael Lopez's dazzling art celebrate the extraordinary ability to lift ourselves up and imagine a better world.
One rainy day, a bored brother and sister listen to their wise grandmother's advice: "Use those beautiful and brilliant minds of yours. Lift your arms, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and believe in a thing."
And before they know it, their imagination takes them on a beautiful adventure through ancestry, strength and resilience. They dream, they believe and eventually . . . they fly.
A poignant tale about the power of imagination, from the award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson.
Praise for The Year We Learned to Fly
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A must-have book about the power of one's voice and the friendships that emerge when you are yourself - Kirkus Reviews
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Woodson's gentle, lifting story and Lopez's artistry create a stirring portrait of the courage it takes to be oneself - Publishers Weekly
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This gentle, powerful ode to diversity and acceptance belongs with all children - Shelf Awareness
Jacqueline Woodson
Jacqueline Woodson is one of the US's most acclaimed contemporary authors for young people. She first came to attention with her multi-award-winning book Brown Girl Dreaming, a memoir in blank verse of her childhood and family life moving between the American South and New York. She was the Young People's Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017 and the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature for 2018-19. She was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2020.
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