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Harjo, Joy

For a Girl Becoming

40 pp. | Arizona | October, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8165-2797-7 $17.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Mercedes McDonald. This graceful volume should supplant Oh, the Places You'll Go! as the inspirational picture book for people into that sort of thing. Harjo's poem begins with a daughter's birth surrounded by loving relatives. It then acknowledges life's vicissitudes and dispenses advice: "Bury what needs to be buried. / Laugh easily at yourself..." McDonald's vibrant, dreamlike illustrations are rich in Native American imagery.
Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

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