- Library Binding: 32 pages
- Publisher: Amistad Press (Jan 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060294876
- ISBN-13: 978-0060294878
- Product Dimensions: 28.4 x 22.6 x 1.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,865,967 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
BEAUTIFUL PICTURES COMPLIMENT A BEAUTIFUL SONG
6 Jun 2004
Format:Hardcover
Jerry Pinkney collects vintage photographs, and it was those photos, along with the history of sharecroppers and their migration to the north, that inspired Pinkney to breathe new life into Billie Holiday's song "God Bless the Children" - not that the song needed new life, but it is a the perfect choice for the message Pinkney is trying to convey to young African-American readers--which is their history.
The large book displays some memorable illustrations, each stretching across two pages. The illustrations are scenes in the life of a sharecropper family in the thirties: scenes of Bible reading, horse playing, working in the field, loading the car to move up north and scenes of the working and living in an industrial city. With the illustrations are the words to the song "God Bless the Child." The song becomes a beautiful story brought to life with these detailed, expressive images. They are absolutely beautiful; I just couldn't get enough of them. A free CD of Holiday's God Bless the Child can be found at the back of the book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Educators Recommend
15 Mar 2004
Format:Hardcover
God Bless the Child is a masterpiece: visually stunning and emotionally appealing.
Taking the words to Billie Holiday's and Arthur Herzog Jr.'s bluesy "God Bless the Child" as his text and inspiration, Pinkney depicts a family's move in the 1930s from the rural South to the industrialized North in what was known as the Great Migration.
His exquisite "slice of life" watercolor paintings are wonderfully atmospheric, capturing perfectly the period and people.
The final page is one of hope and the promise of a better future. The single painting shows a young boy sitting in a classroom holding a book, talking with his teacher. As Pinkney notes in an afterword, "At the time "God Bless the Child" was written, education was largely a privilege of the wealthy . . . Free public education was prized as the great equalizer-the stairway out of poverty for those with the courage and opportunity to climb it."
This book is a labor of love. One can see this clearly in the facial expressions, the gestures, even the postures of the characters. No detail is neglected. Each page feels like an inexorable progression forward-even the endpapers. (The front endpapers show what appears to be a cabin's rough, wooden walls, while the endpapers in the back of the book show painted wallpaper.)
This book receives our highest recommendation: Suitable for district-wide library acquisitions.
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25 Jan 2006
Format:Hardcover
The illustrations are beautiful! However, the words to the song did not depict the story very well. The story needed more than the song to get the story across to the reader. I found myself reading the story twice to understand it. The age range for the story needs to be changed. "All ages" is totally inappropriate. In the classroom the teacher could use the illustrations to allow the students to create their own story for the book.
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