Taneesha Never Disparaging

by M. LaVora Perry, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)

Overview

M. LaVora Perry is an actor and commercial model from Cleveland, Ohio. Her novel, Taneesha Never Disparaging, was inspired by her three children who attended a school very similar to Taneesha’s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780861715503
Publisher:	Wisdom Publications MA
Publication date:	09/01/2008
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

M. LaVora Perry is a writer and the author of children's book A History of the Civil Rights Movement (Mason Crest, 2012). She is also a photojournalist, website editor, and videographer for Greater University Circle Neighborhood Voice and Neighborhood-Voice.com, a print and online publication in Cleveland, Ohio. Each monthly print edition features her front-page column. Visit her website, mlavoraperry.com.

Floyd Cooper received a Coretta Scott King Award for his illustrations in The Blacker the Berry and a Coretta Scott King Honor for his illustrations in Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea and I Have Heard of a Land. Born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mr. Cooper received a degree in fine arts from the University of Oklahoma and, after graduating, worked as an artist for a major greeting card company. In 1984 he came to New York City to pursue a career as an illustrator of books and now lives in Easton, Pennsylvania, with his wife and children.

What People are Saying About This

David Richardson

" . . . beautifully and skillfully written . . . "--(David Richardson, Reviewer for Reading Today)

Kelly Easton

" . . . a warm and welcome read amidst a sea of cynicism . . . "--(Kelly Easton, Author)

Kathe Koja

"Taneesha's voice [is] brave and scared, funny, defiant, and bold . . . "--(Kathe Koja, Author)

Charlise Lyles

"...breaks new ground in introducing the colorful, textured and complex landscape of diversity that is truly America ."--(Charlise Lyles, Author)