Knox was a Boston bookseller in Colonial America who would go on to join the Continental Army and later the young country's first Secretary of War.
In her introduction, Silvey asserts that "Children's Books change lives. [This book] provides insight into how they do this." The organization suggests how books have touched people (e.g. in career later choice or developing a deeper understanding).
Silvey's years of experience reading, evaluating, and publishing children's books combines with her passion for literature that endures over time and generations comes together in this insightful glimpses at 100 books.
Recognizing a "golden age" of young adult literature, Silvey combines her considerable experience and a love of literature to identify and write about books for young adults.
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Thulani enjoys sitting in the sun, and he is tired of milking his cow. When he sells his cow to buy a goat, however, his problems are just beginning. What will it take for his luck change?
When the people of Johannesburg go to bed, the animals of Kruger National Park begin to stir.
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"This heart-tugging picture book from a debut author tells a lyrical soccer story in the voice of a young boy in a South African shantytown… In full-page oil paintings, Ford uses unusual angles to intensify the sense of the scuffling, exciting action;
Meet young Rolihlahla, the boy who will grow up to become Nelson Mandela. "Cooper's oil paintings are infused with golden light.
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A sister and brother travel to Johannesburg in search of their mother as their baby sister becomes ill. On the way, they become aware of what apartheid means for the people in their country. "This well-written [story] has no equal.
In his foreword to this rich compilation, Nelson Mandela writes, "This collection offers a handful of beloved stories, morsels rich with the gritty essence of Africa, but in many instances universal in their portrayal of humanity, beasts, and the mysti