# Southwest Sunrise - Hardcover

by **Nikki Grimes** (Author), **Wendell Minor** (Illustrator)

**From Children's Literature Legacy Award winner Nikki Grimes and highly-acclaimed illustrator Wendell Minor comes a stunning picture book about the beauty of the natural world and finding a new place to call home.**

The beauty of the natural world is just waiting to be discovered . . .

When Jayden touches down in New Mexico, he's uncertain how this place could ever be home. But if he takes a walk outside, he just might find something glorious.

Flowers in bright shades . . .  
Birds and lizards and turtles, all with a story to tell . . .  
Red rock pillars towering in the distance . . .  
Turquoise sky as far as the eye can see . . .

Perhaps this place could be home after all.

Gorgeously poetic and visually stunning, this story from acclaimed creators Nikki Grimes and Wendell Minor celebrates the beauty of the Southwest as a young boy sees it for the very first time.

**Acclaim for _One Last Word_**  
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Winner  
A New York Times Editor's Choice

### Author Biography

**Nikki Grimes** is a _New York Times_ bestselling author and the recipient of the Children's Literature Legacy Award, the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, and the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Her distinguished works include the Printz Honor and Sibert Honor book _Ordinary Hazards_; NAACP Image Award nominee _Planet Middle School_; Coretta Scott King Award winner _Bronx Masquerade_; Coretta Scott King Author Honor books _Jazmin's Notebook_, _Talkin' About Bessie_, _Dark Sons_, _The Road to Paris_, and _Words with Wings_, which was also named an ALA Notable Book; and _What Is Goodbye?_, an ALA Notable Book. She lives in Corona, California.  
www.nikkigrimes.com

**Wendell Minor** is nationally known for the artwork he has created for over fifty award-winning children's books. His many collaborators include Jean Craighead George, Robert Burleigh, Buzz Aldrin, Tony Johnston, Mary Higgins Clark, and last but not least, his wife Florence. In 2009 Wendell and Florence's _If You Were a Penguin_, was chosen by Pennsylvania for their "One Book, Every Young Child" 2009 early literacy program, and they enjoyed the month they spent speaking to children in Pennsylvania's libraries, schools, Head Start facilities, and Museums.  
www.minorart.com/index

**Number of Pages:** 40

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 10.4 x 10.2 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** May 05, 2020

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Southwest Sunrise

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

**Reading Level:** 3.7

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 18.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books by splitShops, Shopify Collective

## Variants

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