Synopses & Reviews
This inspiring poem encourages children to view life with the same determination and passion that Michael Jordan displays in how he plays basketball. By listening to their inner voice and looking to those who love and support them, children can find their own way to fly. Distinguished poet Eloise Greenfield and celebrated artist Jan Spivey Gilchrist honor the beauty of the human spirit and offer a timeless message that will resonate with readers young and old.
Synopsis
Two children are inspired by NBA superstar Michael Jordan to overcome obstacles and soar, in this picture book by legendary author/illustrator team Eloise Greenfield and Jan Spivey Gilchrist.
This inspiring picture book poem encourages children to view life with the same determination and passion that Michael Jordan displayed in how he played basketball. By listening to their inner voice and looking to those who love and support them, children can find their own way to fly.
Distinguished poet Eloise Greenfield and celebrated artist Jan Spivey Gilchrist honor the beauty of the human spirit and offer a timeless message that will resonate with readers young and old.
Synopsis
This inspiring poem encourages children to view life with the same determination and passion that Michael Jordan displays in how he plays basketball.By listening to their inner voice and looking to those who love and support them, children can find their own way to fly. Distinguished poet Eloise Greenfield and celebrated artist Jan Spivey Gilchrist honor the beauty of the human spirit and offer a timeless message that will resonate with readers young and old.
About the Author
Eloise Greenfield is a celebrated poet and the author of more than forty books for children, including the Coretta Scott King Award winner
Africa Dream; and the Coretta Scott King Honor books
Mary McLeod Bethune and
Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir, co-written with Lessie Jones Little.
Other titles by Ms. Greenfield include How They Got Over: African Americans and the Call of the Sea, a 2003 Best Children's Book of the Year (Children's Book Committee, Bank Street College of Education); I Can Draw a Weeposaur and Other Dinosaurs, a Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award Book; Rosa Parks, the first Carter G. Woodson Award winner; Sister, a New York Times Outstanding Book; Me and Neesie, an American Library Association Notable Book and Reading Rainbow Selection; and Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems, an Association of Children's Librarian's Distinguished Book, an American Library Association Notable Book, and the recipient of a George G. Stone Center Recognition of Merit Award."Honey, I Love," the title poem has also been illustrated as a picture book in honor of the collection's twenty-fifth anniversary of publication.
Ms. Greenfield is the recipient of the Hope S. Dean Award from the Foundation for Children's Literature and the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children for the body of her work. She has received the Hurston/Wright Foundation's North Star Award for Lifetime Achievement; a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Moonstone Celebration of Black Writing; and has an Honorary Doctor of Education Degree from Wheelock College in Boston. Ms. Greenfield has also been inducted into the National Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent.
Ms. Greenfield was born on May 17, 1929 in Parmele, North Carolina. She moved with her family, as an infant, to Washington, D.C. where she continues to live today. She is the mother of a son and a daughter, and the grandmother of four.