• The Creation (25th Anniversary Edition)

The Creation (25th Anniversary Edition)

by James Weldon Johnson
An award-winning retelling of the Biblical creation story from a star of the Harlem Renaissance and an acclaimed illustrator.

Series Overview:
  • AWARD! Winner of the 1995 Coretta Scott King Award
  • STAR! Received two STARRED reviews, from Booklist and School Library Journal
  • Written by James Weldon Johnson, composer of famous civil rights anthem "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing"
  • The text is from Johnsons' seminal Harlem Renaissance work, The Book of American Negro Poetry, 1922
  • Reminiscent of beloved Black American classics like Patricia C. McKissack's Flossie and the Fox and Mirandy and Brother Wind

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