A group of African Americans get bored waiting for the school bus and decide to venture into the fog-shrouded park where a green stone lion sits on its pedestal. But is the haughty lion only stone? "A powerful read-aloud, this poem will help turn on kids to the wonders of words".--Booklist, starred review.
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Jerry Pinkney is one of today's best-loved children's book makers. Over his forty-year career as an illustrator, he has received five Caldecott Honors and won the Coretta Scott King Award five times, as well as being nominated for the prestigious international Hans Christian Andersen Award. He lives in New York with his wife, the author Gloria Jean Pinkney.
More about Jerry PinkneyJerry Pinkney is one of today's best-loved children's book makers. Over his forty-year career as an illustrator, he has received five Caldecott Honors and won the Coretta Scott King Award five times, as well as being nominated for the prestigious international Hans Christian Andersen Award. He lives in New York with his wife, the author Gloria Jean Pinkney.
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