Poet and author CAROLE BOSTON WEATHERFORD as written more than forty books and has earned many awards, including the NAACP Image Award, a Coretta Scott King Award, and a Caldecott Honor. She often writes about African American history, families and traditions, and jazz. Weatherford is the winner of a Ragan-Rubin Award for Literary Achievement from the North Carolina English Teachers Association and the North Carolina Award for Literature. She lives in North Carolina and teaches at Fayetteville State University.
Weatherford's delicately poetic text ensures a steady rhythm, with capping rhymes on every other spread, and Corrin's evocative art adds an incredible amount of depth and heart... playful affection, wry humor, and vibrant love -- Booklist (STARRED review) A beautiful homage to family and the strong bonds we have with each other -- Youth Services Book Review