City Summer, Country Summer-9780593405567

Description

City Summer, Country Summer
by Kiese Laymon

ISBN: 9780593405567
Hardcover, new
Publication Date: 4/1/2025

Brief Description:
A lyrical picture book from the award-winning author of Heavy, about three
Black boys who form a deep connection during a transformative summer trip
down South to visit family. On the ground of that garden, covered in
vegetables and dirt, coated in laughter, I want to say that the Mississippi
and New York in our Black boy bodies were indistinguishable. Three Black
boys spend one special summer exploring the Mississippi woods and woulds
and coulds of sharing the kind of freeing friendship that is love. Watched
over and given space to discover by Grandmama and Mama Lara, New York,
Country, and little C find camaraderie in their contrasts and all the
unspoken things between them while playing games of marco polo in the thick
garden and sledding on cardboard by the underpass. With text brimming with
love by award-winning author Kiese Laymon and deeply evocative
illustrations by Ashley Franklin, City Summer, Country Summer illuminates
the tenuous and tender bonds of friendship Black boys forge with one
another.

Target Age Group: Ages 5 to 9, Grades K to 4