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Thirteen ways of Looking at a Black Boy

by Tony Medina

Illustrator: 13 artists

Ages: 9+

Published: 2018

Publisher: Penny Candy Books

ISBN: 978-0-9987999-4-0

Keywords: Tanka (Japanese poetry form), Washington DC neighborhood, Diversity, Anacostia

Written Tanka poems celebrate black boyhood, its ups and its downs. Illustrators include Floyd Cooper, Javaka Steptoe, and Ekua Holmes.