by Zetta Elliott (author), Noa DenmonFarrar (illustrator)
There is a place inside of me
a space deep down inside of me
where all my feelings hide.
Summertime is filled with joy—skateboarding and playing basketball—until his community is deeply wounded by a police shooting. As fall turns to winter and then spring, fear grows into anger, then pride and peace
A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart
Zetta Elliott is a black feminist writer of poetry, plays, essays, novels, and stories for children. Her poetry has been published in We Rise, We Resist, We Raise our Voices, and her picture book, Bird, won the Honor Award in Lee & Low Books' New Voices Contest and the Paterson Prize for Books for Young Readers. She lives in West Philadelphia.
Noa Denmon is a Philadelphia-based artist and illustrator. She is a graduate of The University of the Arts with a BFA in Illustration, and an MAT in Arts and Teaching. She loves patterns, pups, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a great cup of coffee, and all spicy foods. A Place Inside of Me is her first picture book.
ISBN: 9780374307417
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: July 21, 2020Target Age Group: 05 to 08
Pages: 32
-African Americans -Stories in rhyme
-Emotions