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The Year We Learned to Fly
by Jacqueline Woodson
Age: K-2nd grade
Family: Grandma, granddaughter, grandson
Whether her grandkids are bored, fighting with each other, or feeling lonely and isolated, grandmother encourages them to use their imaginations to escape their negative feelings and rise above as "somebody somewhere at some point" has done before them. She then tells them of their ancestors and how they "learned to fly" when their wrists and ankles were cuffed in iron but "nobody can ever cuff your beautiful and brilliant mind."
When they move to a new place and are ignored by their white neighbors, the kids call upon the wise words of their grandmother and fly above the pain of rejection, with such joy that the kids on the ground slowly join them one by one.
Lopez' illustrious illustrations paired with Woodson's light yet powerful poetic text make an amazing story about the power of adult role models, imagination, and African American identity.
Family: Grandma, granddaughter, grandson
Whether her grandkids are bored, fighting with each other, or feeling lonely and isolated, grandmother encourages them to use their imaginations to escape their negative feelings and rise above as "somebody somewhere at some point" has done before them. She then tells them of their ancestors and how they "learned to fly" when their wrists and ankles were cuffed in iron but "nobody can ever cuff your beautiful and brilliant mind."
When they move to a new place and are ignored by their white neighbors, the kids call upon the wise words of their grandmother and fly above the pain of rejection, with such joy that the kids on the ground slowly join them one by one.
Lopez' illustrious illustrations paired with Woodson's light yet powerful poetic text make an amazing story about the power of adult role models, imagination, and African American identity.