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Daddy Calls Me Man

by Angela Johnson · 1997

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Inspired by his family experiences and his parents' paintings, a young boy creates four poems.

Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thissocial justicesocial justiceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
short · 32 pages
Form
poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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