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Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse

by Walter Dean Myers · 1993

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Join acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers in a heartwarming celebration of African-American childhood in words and pictures. Sharing favorites from his collection of long-forgotten turn-of-the-century photographs, and punctuating them with his own moving poetry, Mr. Myers has created a beautiful album that reminds us that "the child in each of us is our most precious part."

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social sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of this
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African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thisdiversitydiversityMore like thisLess of thisartartMore like thisLess of this
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childrenspicture books
Length
short · 40 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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