Giant Steps to Change the World by Lee, Spike

Giant Steps to Change the World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780689868153)

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Format: Hardcover
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Giant Steps to Change the World by Lee, Spike

Giant Steps to Change the World

$19.99
Giant Steps to Change the World by Lee, Spike

Giant Steps to Change the World

$19.99
Format: Hardcover
Description
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"On some days your dreams may seem too away far to realize... Listen to the whispers of those that came before..."

Following the success of their much beloved picture books, Please, Baby, Please and Please, Puppy, Please; Academy Award nominated director Spike Lee, and his talented wife Tonya Lewis Lee offer up an inspirational picture book about activism and taking the big steps to set things right set to beautiful illustrations by the award-winning Sean Qualls. Using examples of people throughout history who have taken "giant steps", this book urges kids to follow in their footsteps and not be hindered by fear or a sense that you are not good enough. Despite the challenges, even the smallest step can change the world. So, what's your next step going to be?

Author: Spike Lee, Tonya Lewis Lee
ISBN-10: 0689868154
ISBN-13: 9780689868153
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 01/04/2011
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 10.25h x 10.30w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Ebony 03/01/2011 pg. 118
Essence 04/01/2011 pg. 104
Publishers Weekly 11/15/2010
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2010
Booklist 02/01/2011 pg. 75
School Library Journal 02/01/2011 pg. 85
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2011 - Recommended, Satisfactory
By Spike Lee
By Spike Lee
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Spike Lee is one of the most prominent and influential media figures today. His films include the critically acclaimed School Daze; Academy Award nominee Do the Right Thing; Malcolm X; Clockers; and 25th Hour. Born in Atlanta, Spike attended Morehouse College and NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where he earned his master of fine arts degree in film production. Spike and his wife are the authors of Please, Baby, Please, their first picture book with Simon & Schuster. They live in New York City with their two children.

Tonya Lewis Lee is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the University of Virginia School of Law. As a children's television producer she has worked with Disney, Nickelodeon, and Noggin/The N, where she was the executive producer of the award-winning documentary I Sit Where I Want: The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education and the critically acclaimed miniseries Miracle's Boys. She is also the author of Gotham Diaries, her first novel.

Sean Qualls's work is a mixed media combination of painting, drawing, and collage. He has illustrated many picture books, including Before John Was a Jazz Giant, which received a Coretta Scott King Honor Award; The Poet Slave of Cuba, a BCCB Blue Ribbon Book; Dizzy, an ALA Notable Book and a Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, and Child Magazine best book, as well as BCCB Blue Ribbon Book and a Booklist Editor's Choice; and Emmanuel's Dream, which was a Schneider Award winner and an Amazon Best Book of the Month. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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