"A lyrical, empowering poem that celebrates black children and seeks to inspire all young ones to dream big and achieve their goals"-- Provided by publisher.

Accompanied by enchanting artwork, this brilliant collection of more than 100 poems from the legendary author celebrates childhood, showing just how wonderful it is to be a kid.

An illustrated poem which celebrates children who enjoy doing all kinds of activities. This poem originally appeared in The Random House book of poetry for children, published in 1983.

Nací en Ohio, pero las historias de Carolina del Sur corrían ya, como ríos, por mis venas. Hablan de crecer en distintos hogares, de una época que arrastra todavía los residuos de las leyes Jim Crow y del movimiento de los derechos civiles como respuesta. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s,...