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Lubaya's Quiet Roar
Marilyn Nelson
Illustrator: Philomena Williamson
Ages: 6+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Penguin Random House/Dial YR
ISBN: 978-0-525-55555-1
Keywords: Being yourself, finding a voice, shyness, drawing, family, strength, racism, protest march, Swahili
Matching poetic text and warm oil/crayon paintings tell the story of a shy girl whose drawings give her a voice in a Civil Rights demonstration.