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Yonder (Paperback)
Jabari Asim
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Get ready to swing with A Child's Introduction to Jazz, an
interactive journey into one of the richest and most soulful music
genres in the world. Listen while you learn with QR codes that will
connect you to the instruments and musical flair of jazz. Welcome
to jazz! Feel the music and rhythms of all the different styles of
jazz, from swing and Dixieland to the blues and bebop, with this
interactive introduction to the world's coolest music.Author Jabari
Asim will take you on the journey through the history of jazz as
you discover the most important musicians and singers while hearing
some really cool sounds. You'll learn all about the roots of jazz
in Africa and New Orleans and how the music traveled to different
parts of the United States and around the world. Along the way
you'll meet legendary trumpeter Louis Armstrong, who shaped a new
form of jazz called improvisation; pianist and bandleader Duke
Ellington, who helped create the big band sound of the swing era;
and the singer Billie Holiday, whose songs such as "God Bless the
Child," "Don't Explain," and "Lady Sings the Blues" have become
jazz standards.Listen along to the sounds of jazz by downloading
music and hearing instruments such as trumpets, clarinets,
trombones, and even singers scatting as they improvise melodies.
With a pull-out poster showing the different instruments of jazz, A
Child's Introduction to Jazz hits the perfect beat and will have
you bebopping and scatting in no time!
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Yonder (Hardcover)
Jabari Asim
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R727
R611
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This interactive board book that is perfect for lap sharing
celebrates the classic giggle-inspiring game of This Little Piggy.
The whimsical illustrations hide the little girl's face until the
final climactic spread. Fun, rhyming text is paired with bold
artwork full of toddler appeal reminiscent of the style of
Caldecott-award winning illustrator Ezra Jack Keats.
In the My Baby Loves Christmas board book, celebrate all the lovely
things that baby discovers about Christmas.
Baby loves candy canes wrapped in bows.
Baby loves jingle bells.
Baby loves snow. . . .
Celebrate all the lovely things that Baby discovers about Christmas.
This board book, the perfect gift for a new baby, features rhythmic
poetry from Jabari Asim and adorable art from Tara Nicole Whitaker.
The perfect Halloween gift for your baby or toddler! With My Baby
Loves Halloween, celebrate all the lovely things that Baby
discovers about Halloween: Baby loves the crisp autumn air. Baby
loves candles in pumpkins that grin. Baby loves candy... Celebrate
all the sweet things that Baby discovers about Halloween. This Own
Voices board book, the perfect gift for a new baby, features
rhythmic poetry from Jabari Asim and adorable art from Tara Nicole
Whitaker.
"Captivating." —Jane Ciabattari, NPR Book Concierge: Best Books of
2015 "Incomparable charisma and verve." —The Root, Best Fiction of
2015 "Lean, mean, and moving." —Kirkus Reviews, Kirkus Prize
nominee Jabari Asim’s debut novel returns readers to Gateway
City, the fictional Midwestern city first explored in his acclaimed
short story collection, Taste of Honey. Against a 1970s backdrop of
rapid social and political change, Only the Strong portrays the
challenges and rewards of love in a quintessential American
community where heartbreak and violence are seldom far away. Moved
by the death of Martin Luther King Jr., Lorenzo "Guts" Tolliver
decides to abandon his career as a professional leg-breaker and
pursue a life of quiet moments and generous helpings of banana
pudding in the company of his new, sensuous lover. His erstwhile
boss, local kingpin Ananias Goode, is also thinking about slowing
down—but his tempestuous affair with Dr. Artinces Noel, a prominent
pediatrician, complicates his retirement plans. Meanwhile,
Charlotte Divine, the doctor’s headstrong protégée, struggles
with trials of her own. With prose that's sharp, humorous, and
poetic, Asim skillfully renders a compelling portrait of urban life
in the wake of the last major civil-rights bill. Massive change is
afoot in America, and these characters have front-row seats.
This illustrated introduction to African American history goes
beyond what's taught in the classroom giving young readers a more
comprehensive look at this timely and important topic. Author
Jabari Asim chronicles the story of African Americans from the
slave trade, the American Revolution, and the Civil War to the
Tuskegee experiments, the Civil Rights movement, and the election
of Barack Obama. Sections throughout highlight the contribution of
African Americans to the arts, music, literature, culture, sports
and more. Lives of inspiring African American artists, inventors,
and politicians including Harriet Tubman, Langston Hughes, Oprah
Winfrey, Louis Armstrong, Serena Williams, are also featured.
Following in the tradition of Black Dog's best-selling Child's
Introduction books, which include The Story of the Orchestra and A
Child's Introduction to the Night Sky, A Child's Introduction to
African American History includes 120 charming illustrations that
bring the people and events to life. The book also features
interactive projects that kids can do on their own or with their
guardians including recipes and crafts.
This interactive board book that is perfect for lap sharing TK.
"Whose knees are these?" The whimsical illustrations hide the
little boy's face until the final climactic spread. Rhyming text is
paired with bold artwork full of toddler appeal reminiscent of the
style of Caldecott-award winning illustrator Ezra Jack Keats.
Booker dreamed
of making friends with words,
setting free the secrets
that lived in books.
Born into slavery, young Booker T. Washington could only dream of
learning to read and write. After emancipation, Booker began a
five-hundred-mile journey, mostly on foot, to Hampton Institute,
taking his first of many steps towards a college degree. When he
arrived, he had just fifty cents in his pocket and a dream about to
come true. The young slave who once waited outside of the
schoolhouse would one day become a legendary educator of freedmen.
Award-winning artist Bryan Collier captures the hardship and the
spirit of one of the most inspiring figures in American history,
bringing to life Booker T. Washington's journey to learn, to read,
and to realize a dream.
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Girl of Mine (Hardcover)
Jabari Asim; Illustrated by LeUyen Pham
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R232
R200
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This companion book to Boy of Mine shows a dazzling little girl
enjoying playtime in the moon's soft glow. As daddy cradles his
baby girl, she is suddenly whisked away on a fantastical adventure,
swinging above lush floral gardens under the golden moonlight. The
sweet text, inspired by "Rock-A-Bye Baby," will whisk little ones
off to peaceful slumber. With Asim's engaging and adorable rhymes
and Pham's vibrant illustrations, babies and parents alike are sure
to fall for Girl of Mine.
The perfect Valentine's gift for your baby or toddler! In My Baby
Loves Valentine's Day, celebrate all the lovely things that Baby
discovers about Valentines Day: Baby loves hearts made of paper and
lace. Baby loves kisses and a loving embrace. Baby loves pretty red
roses... Celebrate all the lovely things Baby discovers about
Valentine's Day! This Own Voices board book, the perfect gift for a
new baby, features rhythmic poetry from Jabari Asim and adorable
art from Tara Nicole Whitaker.
Critically-acclaimed author and cultural historian Jabari Asim
presents eight essays that seek to reclaim the narrative of Black
history and culture in America, focusing on how Black bodies, Black
words, and Black culture and society have been policed, punished,
and stolen for hundreds of years. In We Can't Breathe Jabari Asim
takes what Toni Morrison has called "The Master Narrative" and
rewritten it - whether it is the history of jokes, black
fatherhood, black literature, or "strutting," to create a more
accurate and empowered view of Black history in America. Asim
emphasizes the power of narrative capital, which he see as critical
to Black Americans' well-being along with intellectual capital,
economic capital and social capital. We Can't Breathe points to the
insidious nature of racism in centuries of American history, but it
also highlights the vibrant and sustaining nature of Black culture
and Americans who persist and thrive.
Poignant and powerful, this debut collection from preeminent writer
and critic Jabari Asim heralds his arrival as an exciting new voice
in African American fiction.
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Through a series of fictional episodes set against the backdrop of
one of the most turbulent years in modern history, Asim brings into
pin-sharp focus how the tumultuous events of '68 affected real
people's lives and shaped the country we live in today.
The sixteen connected stories in this exciting debut are set in the
fictional Midwestern town of Gateway City, where second generation
off-spring of the Great Migrators have pieced together a thriving,
if fragile existence. With police brutality on the rise, the civil
rights movement gaining momentum, and wars raging at home and
abroad, Asim has conjured a community that stands on edge. But it
is the individual struggles with love, childrearing, adolescence,
etc, lyrically chronicled here, that create a piercing portrait of
humanity.
In "I'd Rather Go Blind" and "Zombies," young Crispus Jones, who
while sensitive to the tremors of upheaval around him is still much
more concerned with his crush on neighbor Polly and if he's ever
going to be as cool as his brother. When Ray Mortimer, a white cop,
kills the owner of his favorite candy store, Crispus becomes aware
of malice even more scary than zombies and the ghost that he thinks
may be haunting his house.
In "The Wheat from the Tares" and "A Virtuous Woman," Rose Whittier
deals with her abusive husband with a desperate resignation until
his past catches up with him and she's given a second chance at
love. And Gabriel, her suitor, realizes that his whole-hearted
commitment to The Struggle may have to give way for his own shot at
romance.
And in "Ashes to Ashes" we see how a single act of despicable
violence in their childhoods cements a lasting connection between
two unlikely friends.
From Crispus' tender innocence to Ray Mortimer's near pure evil, to
Rose's quiet determination, the characters in this book and their
journeys showcase a world that is brimming with grace and meaning
and showcases the talents of a writer at the top of his game.
This is our moment. This is our time, Barack Obama declared in his
victory speech on November 4, 2008. Such a moment is an opportunity
to explore who we are, where we've been, and what the emergence of
a leader like Obama can tell us about our culture, our politics,
and our future. In "What Obama Means", Jabari Asim, author of the
acclaimed "The N Word", provides the context needed to understand
what the Obama presidency means to people of all backgrounds. Asim
moves easily from the contemporary to the historical, showing how
performers and athletes, such as Michael Jackson and Michael
Jordan, laid the groundwork for Obama as much as did leaders such
as Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. DuBois, and Martin Luther King Jr.
He examines the impact of Sidney Poitier (whose "Guess Who's Coming
to Dinner" could have been the story of the president's parents)
and how the actor's navigation of Hollywood was a forerunner for
Obama's own path in wooing America's white voters. Asim places
Obama within the history of the black rhetorical tradition,
alongside such figures as James Baldwin, Fannie Lou Hamer, and
Barbara Jordan. He also describes how the 'Obama phenomenon' grew
from the ground up, focusing on the people who caught on even
before their leaders did. He demonstrates how Obama turned the old
civil-rights model of African American leadership on its head, and
shows that Obama's election is evidence of the progress that has
been made in healing wounds and broadening America's concept of
leadership and inspiration.
The debate over the N word touches almost every aspect of American
popular culture. Does it ever have an appropriate place in the
media? Are rappers justified in using it? Should Huckleberry Finn,
which repeats it 215 times, be taught in high school?
As the cultural critic Jabari Asim explains, none of these
questions can be addressed effectively without a clear knowledge of
the word's bitter legacy. Here he draws on a wide range of examples
from science, politics, the arts, and more to reveal how the slur
has both reflected and spread the scourge of bigotry in America
over the last four hundred years. He examines the contributions of
such well-known figures as Thomas Jefferson and Mark Twain, W.E.B.
Du Bois and Margaret Mitchell, Dave Chappelle and NWA. Through this
history, Asim shows how completely our national psyche is affected
by the use of the word, and why it's such a flashpoint today.
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