From Gwendolyn Brooks, U.S. Poet Laureate and the first African American
to win the Pulitzer Prize, and Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist
Jan Spivey Gilchrist comes We Are Shining. Marking the 100th birthday
of Gwendolyn Brooks, this powerful picture book is a celebration of the
diversity of our world. This life-affirming poem is now illustrated for
the very first time, with stunning, vibrant images.
A story of our shared humanity, Gwendolyn Brooks honors the beauty of
our world and the many different people in it. Brooks speaks to all
children of the world in this moving poem about acceptance, stressing
that every child should have the opportunity for a shining future and
offering hope for a better tomorrow.