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Preaching to the chickens : the story of young John Lewis

Asim, Jabari, 1962-, author, Lewis, Earl B., illustrator

2016

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\"Critically acclaimed author Jabari Asim and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator E. B. Lewis give readers a fascinating glimpse into the boyhood of Civil Rights leader John Lewis. John wants to be a preacher when he grows up a leader whose words stir hearts to change, minds to think, and bodies to take action. But why wait? When John is put in charge of the family farm's flock of chickens, he discovers that they make a wonderful congregation! So he preaches to his flock, and they listen, content under his watchful care, riveted by the rhythm of his voice. Celebrating ingenuity and dreaming big, this inspirational story, featuring Jabari Asim's stirring prose and E. B. Lewis's stunning, light-filled impressionistic watercolor paintings, includes an author's note about John Lewis, who grew up to be a member of the Freedom Riders, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and demonstrator on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, and is now a Georgia congressman\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
• Subject: Lewis, John, 1940 February 21- Childhood and youth Juvenile literature. / Lewis, John, 1940 February 21- Childhood and youth. / African American civil rights workers Religious life Juvenile literature. / African American boys Alabama Biography Juvenile literature. / Chickens Juvenile literature. / Preaching Juvenile literature. / Rural children Alabama Juvenile literature. / Legislators United States Biography Juvenile literature. / African American legislators Biography Juvenile literature. / Christian biography United States Juvenile literature. / African American civil rights workers. / Chickens. / Preaching. / Rural children. / JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists. / JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American. / JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century. / Alabama Rural conditions 20th century Juvenile literature.
• ISBN: 9780399168567

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
E840.8.L43 A75 2016	1	CHILDBOOK	CHILDREN