In the Time of the Drums

by Kim L. Siegelson, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)

Overview

Mentu, an American-born slave boy, watches his beloved grandmother, Twi, lead the insurrection at Teakettle Creek of Ibo people arriving from Africa on a slave ship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620143704
Publisher:	Lee & Low Books
Publication date:	11/01/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	48 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	6 - 10 Years

About the Author

Kim L. Siegelson is the author of several picture books, as well as a popular speaker at conferences, writing workshops, and school visits. She grew up hearing the unforgettable account of Africans walking into the water near Georgia’s Sapelo Island, and this story became the inspiration for In the Time of the Drums. Siegelson lives with her family in Atlanta, Georgia.

Brian Pinkney is the acclaimed illustrator of numerous award-winning books. In addition to the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for In the Time of the Drums, he has been honored with two Caldecott Medal Honors, four Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honors, and the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award. Pinkney lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and frequent collaborator, Andrea Davis Pinkney, and their two children.

Editorial Reviews

...[F]ull of slavery's unhappy history [but still] it is a fine example of a genre paradoxically remarkable for the comfort and sustenance it delivers. Brian Pinkney's gentle and luminous scratchboard illustrations provide subtly intelligent counterpoint to the text
— The New York Times Book Review

Patricia J. Williams

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, American Library Association (ALA)
CCBC Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)

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