Celebrate Poetry Friday with the paperback Bronzeville, Boys and Girls, by the Pulitzer Prize winner Gwendolyn Brooks. With thick painterly illustrations by Faith Ringgold, you'll slip right into the cozy neighborhood. How wonderful this collection is still in print!
Paulette
What good is sun
If I can't run?
"Your'e eight, and ready
To be a lady."
That is what my Mama says.
She is right again, I guess.
But there! I saw a squirrel fly
Where it is secret, green, and high.
And there! Those ants are bustling brown,
And I require to chase them down!
What good is sun
If I can't run?
Bronzeville, Boys and Girls
by Gwendolyn Brooks
illustrated by Faith Ringgold
Amistad
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