My Smock Is a Story Cover:Hardcover seeks to answer that question

seeks to answer that question in a history that moves from the Reconstruction Era to the "nadir" of the African-American experience under Jim Crow

Grimm is here to defend his pole position

sharp-tongued and stubborn

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Orr is brutish and dangerous

My Smock Is a Story Cover:Hardcover seeks to answer that questionWhen a young boy receives his first smock as a gift, his Dada tells him that every smock has a special story. Will his smock make him as joyful as a harvest dancer? Or as powerful as his royal elders, the Dagomba? In his smock, what will his story be? From Reuben Nantogmah, Samantha Cleaver, and Keisha Okafor comes a joyful and lyrical picture book that celebrates what weaves us and our stories togetherpast, present, and future. Age Range: 4 8