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Hopkins, Lee Bennett, Selector

Amazing Faces

40 pp. | Lee | May, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-1-60060-334-1 $18.95

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Chris Soentpiet. A collection of brief poems describe the many faces of multicultural America: an African American boy dreaming, a bilingual Latina girl, a lonely Caucasian boy, an Asian boy living in Chinatown, a Native American elder spinning stories. Poets include Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Janet S. Wong, Langston Hughes, Pat Mora, and Jane Yolen. This celebration of diversity is illustrated with beautifully detailed realistic paintings.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute