Title Bird / by Zetta Elliott ; illustrated by Shadra Strickland.

Publication Info.	New York, NY : Lee and Low Book, [2008]
	©2008

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department	LJW J-F ELLIOTT	Check Shelf
Bristol, Main Library - Children's Picture Book Collection	JIF ELLIOTT	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department	J PS E ELL	Check Shelf

Edition	1st ed.
Description	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary	Bird, an artistic young African American boy, expresses himself through drawing as he struggles to understand his older brother's drug addiction and death, while a family friend, Uncle Son, provides guidance and understanding.
Awards	John Steptoe Award for New Talent, illustrator, 2009.
	Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Book Award, 2009.
Subject	Novels in verse -- Juvenile poetry.
	Death -- Juvenile poetry.
	Drug abuse -- Juvenile poetry.
	Drawing -- Juvenile poetry.
	Families -- Juvenile poetry.
	African Americans -- Juvenile poetry.
	Novels in verse.
	Death -- Fiction.
	Drug abuse -- FIction.
	Drawing -- Fiction.
	Family life -- Fiction.
	African Americans -- Fiction.
	African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
	Death. (OCoLC)fst00888613
	Drawing. (OCoLC)fst00897725
	Drug abuse. (OCoLC)fst00898480
	Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
	Novels in verse. (OCoLC)fst01039786
	Novels in verse.
	Death -- Fiction.
	Drug abuse -- FIction.
	Drawing -- Fiction.
	Family life -- Fiction.
	African Americans -- Fiction.
Genre/Form	Novels in verse. (OCoLC)fst01921724
	Children's poetry -- 2008.
	Family stories -- 2008.
	Coretta Scott King book award: John Steptoe Award for New Talent, illustrator -- 2009.
	Ezra Jack Keats book award: New illustrator award -- 2009.
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
	Dust jackets (Binding) -- 2008.
	Novels in verse.
Added Author	Strickland, Shadra, illustrator.
ISBN	9781600602412
	160060241X
	9781620143483
	1620143488

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