# A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks - Hardcover

by **Alice Faye Duncan** (Author), **Xia Gordon** (Illustrator)

**"A stirring, accessible introduction to Gwendolyn Brooks and a must-have for all elementary collections." --_School Library Journal_ (Starred review)**  
**"The combination of biography and Brooks' own poems makes for a strong, useful, and beautiful text . . . A solid introduction to a brilliant writer"--_Kirkus_.**

**Acclaimed writer Alice Faye Duncan tells the story of poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize.**

_SING a song for Gwendolyn Brooks._  
**_Sing it loud--a Chicago blues_**.

With a voice both wise and witty, Gwendolyn Brooks crafted poems that captured the urban Black experience and the role of women in society. She grew up on the South Side of Chicago, reading and writing constantly from a young age, her talent lovingly nurtured by her parents. Brooks ultimately published 20 books of poetry, two autobiographies, and one novel. Alice Faye Duncan has created her own song to celebrate Gwendolyn's life and work, illuminating the tireless struggle of revision and the sweet reward of success.

**_Included on the Chicago Public Libraries list of Best Informational Books for Young Readers._**

### Author Biography

Alice Faye Duncan'sbooks include _Honey Baby Sugar Child_, _Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop_, and _The Twelve Days of Christmas in Tennessee._ She serves as a school librarian in her hometown of Memphis. Visit her at alicefayeduncan.com.

Xia Gordon graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a BFA in Cartooning & Illustration. Her comic _Kindling_ was published by _2dcloud_ in early 2017 and she has worked with clients such as _The _New York Times, BuzzFeed, Lenny Letter,__ and _Narratively_. She currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. Visit her at xiagordon.com.

**Number of Pages:** 48

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 10.9 x 8.7 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** January 01, 2019

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Song for Gwendolyn Brooks

**Interest Level:** Lower Grades, K-3

**Reading Level:** 3.6

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 18.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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