Magnolia Flower (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780063098312)

A Kirkus and Shelf Awareness Best Book of 2022! A Bank Street College of Education's Children's Book Committee's Best Children's Books of the Year pick!

From beloved African American folklorist Zora Neale Hurston comes a moving adaptation by National Book Award winner and #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist and Antiracist Baby, Ibram X. Kendi. Magnolia Flower follows a young Afro Indigenous girl who longs for freedom and is gorgeously illustrated by Loveis Wise (The People Remember, Ablaze with Color).

Born to parents who fled slavery and the Trail of Tears, Magnolia Flower is a girl with a vibrant spirit. Not to be deterred by rigid ways of the world, she longs to connect with others, who too long for freedom. She finds this in a young man of letters who her father disapproves of. In her quest to be free, Magnolia must make a choice and set off on a journey that will prove just how brave one can be when leading with one's heart.

The acclaimed writer of several American classics, Zora Neale Hurston wrote this stirring folktale brimming with poetic prose, culture, and history. It was first published as a short story in The Spokesman in 1925 and later in her collection Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick (2020).

Tenderly retold by #1 New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-winning author Ibram X. Kendi, Magnolia Flower is a story of a transformative and radical devotion between generations of Indigenous and Black people in America. With breathtaking illustrations by Loveis Wise, this picture book reminds us that there is no force strong enough to stop love.

Author: Zora Neale Hurston, Ibram X. Kendi
ISBN-10: 0063098318
ISBN-13: 9780063098312
Publisher: Amistad Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 09/06/2022
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 11.00h x 11.20w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/01/2022
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2022
School Library Journal 09/01/2022 pg. 98
Booklist 09/15/2022 pg. 52
Shelf Awareness 11/25/2022
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2022 pg. 66
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2022 - Superior,Well Above Average