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This book is made up of reflections of 10-year-old DeShawn as he thinks about his family, his life in the projects and the world around him. Medina's poetry is immediately accessible to young readers and he sketches a world filled with learning, love, fear, joy and loss' - Black Issues Book Review 'Christie's exceptionally fine acrylic paintings capture both the physical and emotional nature of DeShawn...to get right to the heart of the character' - CCBC, Book of the Week'

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"* ""Christie's acrylic paintings are bold, vibrant, and child-like, adding to the moods created by Medina's poetry. A wonderful book to read aloud and a possible springboard for teachers to use in creative-writing and art classes."" -- School Library Journal, starred review ""DeShawn Days is real poetry, capturing a world, a time, a place, and the eternal child alive in the midst of it all."" -- The Boston Globe CCBC Choices - Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)"

* Christie's acrylic paintings are bold, vibrant, and child-like, adding to the moods created by Medina's poetry. A wonderful book to read aloud and a possible springboard for teachers to use in creative-writing and art classes. -- School Library Journal, starred review DeShawn Days is real poetry, capturing a world, a time, a place, and the eternal child alive in the midst of it all. -- Boston Globe Children's Literature Choice List, Children's Literature Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Parents' Guide to Children's Media Award, Parents' Choice Foundation Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College Editor's Choice, San Francisco Chronicle

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Tony Medina is the author of six beloved books for young readers, as well as multiple volumes of poetry for adults. A Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and a professor of creative writing at Howard University, Dr. Medina is a two-time winner of the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People. He lives in the Washington, DC area. R. Gregory Christie is the recipient of numerous awards including a Caldecott Honor and six Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honors, and his books have been recognized by The New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books list three times. He currently paints in the evenings while traveling around the country doing school visits. You can visit him online at gas-art.com.

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