From a father-son team comes a gorgeous picture book that "pays
tribute to the variety of America as well as to its promise--in
Christopher Myers's words, 'the question mark of it.'" (Washington
Post) "An inclusive, unblinkered variation of patriotism." (New York
Times)
With sweeping panoramic paintings and text rich with historical
allusion, this stunning picture book features passionate writings and
vivid portraits of political Americans, from Shawnee chief Tecumseh to
Abraham Lincoln to Jimi Hendrix. This is a book to share at home or in
the classroom, sure to spark questions and engage students, especially
in third through fifth grade.
New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers and Caldecott
Honor artist Christopher Myers celebrate the freedom dream that is
America: our struggles, our ideals, and our hope that we can live up to
them. What is it to be an American? To live in a strange and beautiful
land of complexity, with a tumultuous history of epic proportions, among
the people who were here first, who came after, who will come tomorrow.
Over the centuries, from a blank canvas of mountains, plains, and
canyons, the American landscape has been richly carved by revolution,
progress, and possibility. Yet its story is still being written.
With graceful, lyrical prose and evocative paintings, Newbery Honor
author Walter Dean Myers and Coretta Scott King Honor artist Christopher
Myers, the father-son team who created Harlem, pay tribute to the
spirit and soul that is America.
