The Women Who Caught The Babies - Eloise Greenfield

The Women Who Caught The Babies

A Story of African American Midwives

(Autor)

Daniel Minter (Urheber)

Buch | Softcover
32 Seiten
2023
Alazar Press (Verlag)
978-1-7336865-5-6 (ISBN)
12,40 inkl. MwSt
Filled with Greenfield’s moving poems, complemented by Minter’s dramatic portraits—dominated by rich shades of blue, of women and babies; a unique and moving tribute to the women who caught the babies and continue to do so today.

The Women Who Caught the Babies highlights important aspects of the training and work of African American midwives and the ways in which they have helped, and continue to help, so many families by "catching" their babies at birth. The blend of Eloise Greenfield's poetry and Daniel Minter's art evokes heartfelt appreciation of the abilities of African American midwifes over the course of time. The poem, "Africa to America," begins the poetic journey. The poem, "The Women," both heralds the poetry/art pairing and concludes it with a note of gratitude to these women. The poem that ends the book is "Miss Rovenia Mayo," who was the midwife who caught newborn Eloise.

With many award-winning books to her credit, Eloise Greenfield has achieved her status among the most celebrated of children's authors. Multiple lifetime achievement awards include a Living Legacy Award, a Hope S. Dean Award, an NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children among others. She has been inducted into the National Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent. Africa Dream received the Coretta Scott King Award while the Coretta Scott King Author Honor and an ALA 2012 Notable Children's book honored her title, The Great Migration: Journey to the North.Daniel Minter is an artist whose paintings, carvings, block prints, and sculptures have been exhibited both nationally and internationally at galleries and museums, including the Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, Bates College, Hammonds House Museum, Northwest African American Art Museum, Museu Jorge Amado and the Meridian International Center. Minter is the co-founder and creative visionary of the Portland Freedom Trail and serves on the board of The Ashley Bryan Center, The Illustration Institute.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo Illustrations
Sprache englisch
Maße 215 x 279 mm
Gewicht 149 g
Themenwelt Kinder- / Jugendbuch Gedichte / Lieder
Kinder- / Jugendbuch Sachbücher
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-7336865-5-X / 173368655X
ISBN-13 978-1-7336865-5-6 / 9781733686556
Zustand Neuware
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