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Blue Sky White Stars

by Sarvinder Naberhaus

Illustrator: Kadir Nelson

Ages: 6+

Published: 2017

Publisher: Dial BFYR/Penguin YR/PRH

ISBN: 978-0-8037-3700-6

Keywords: Freedom, Flag, Diversity

Lyrical verse and luminous oil paintings pay tribute to an America of beauty, promise, inclusion, and its flag of freedom.