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Tony Medina is the author of six beloved books for young readers, as well as multiple volumes of poetry for adults. A Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and a professor of creative writing at Howard University, Dr. Medina is a two-time winner of the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People. He lives in the Washington, DC area.

R. Gregory Christie is the recipient of numerous awards including a Caldecott Honor and six Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honors, and his books have been recognized by The New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books list three times. He currently paints in the evenings while traveling around the country doing school visits. You can visit him online at gas-art.com.

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* "Christie's acrylic paintings are bold, vibrant, and child-like, adding to the moods created by Medina's poetry. A wonderful book to read aloud and a possible springboard for teachers to use in creative-writing and art classes." -- School Library Journal, starred review "DeShawn Days is real poetry, capturing a world, a time, a place, and the eternal child alive in the midst of it all." -- The Boston GlobeCCBC Choices - Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Paterson Prize for Books for Young People - Passaic County Community College

Gr 2-5-"I'm DeShawn Williams/I'm ten years old/come see who I live with-/who I love!" Told in verse and segmented into descriptive passages each illustrated on double-page spreads, Medina's story introduces readers to the world of an African-American boy who lives in the projects. Happy, sad, or scary, the experiences DeShawn shares are vivid, thought-provoking, and insightful. "What Is Life Like in the 'Hood": "You don't just hear music/you hear sirens too/cop cars and ambulances/screaming all the time/real loud at you." Other segments describe his household, the news on TV ("When I watch the news it's always/about somebody dying and there's/ always mothers and kids crying/because somebody got shot or/two countries are fighting"), his friends, and rap. Though many of the verses deal with the harsh reality of living in a turbulent environment, the optimism of this child is evident and convincing. Christie's acrylic paintings are bold, vibrant, and childlike, adding to the moods created by Medina's poetry. A wonderful book to read aloud and a possible springboard for teachers to use in creative-writing and art classes.-Patti Gonzales, Los Angeles Public Library Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

* "Christie's acrylic paintings are bold, vibrant, and child-like, adding to the moods created by Medina's poetry. A wonderful book to read aloud and a possible springboard for teachers to use in creative-writing and art classes." -- School Library Journal, starred review

"DeShawn Days is real poetry, capturing a world, a time, a place, and the eternal child alive in the midst of it all." -- Boston GlobeChildren's Literature Choice List, Children's Literature
Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Parents' Guide to Children's Media Award, Parents' Choice FoundationPaterson Prize for Books for Young People, The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College
Editor's Choice, San Francisco Chronicle

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