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Item Nr: B 110283 Title: Genie in the Jar
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Giovanni, Nikki
Length: 32 Prod/Pub: Holt
Copyright: 1996 Series:
Book Type: FP Biographee:
Copies: 3 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  In this simple poem that celebrates creativity & community, a young African American girl is encouraged by her mother to "take a note and spin it around" and to "take the air and weave the sky around a Black loom". The girl is protected but inspired to seek indepen- dence. Follett RL 1.5.

  Subjects:
  791 - AFRICAN AMERICANS
  65 - AMERICAN POETRY
  790 - AMERICAN POETRY--AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHORS
  1400 - AUTHOR, BLACK (BOOKS BY)
  290 - CHILDREN'S POETRY
  1552 - GRADE 1 (RANDOM ORDER)