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40 pp.
| Blue Apple |
October, 2009 |
TradeISBN 978-1-934706-90-9$16.99
(4)
K-3
The text intersperses the lyrics of "This Little Light of Mine" with examples of how individual civil rights activists let their "light shine" ("Rosa Parks refused to move, / She let her light shine...Ruby Bridges walked alone. / She let her light shine"). Warm mixed-media illustrations have a retro-sixties appearance. The volume, though well meaning, is rather disjointed in presentation.