{"product_id":"i-can-write-the-world-hardcover-2","title":"I Can Write the World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoshunda Sanders\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCharly Palmer\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Lovely and timely. So glad Joshunda is telling our stories.\" - \u003ci\u003eJacqueline Woodson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEight-year-old Ava Murray wants to know why there's a difference between the warm, friendly Bronx neighborhood filled with music and art in which she lives and the Bronx she sees in news stories on TV and on the Internet. When her mother explains that the power of stories lies in the hands of those who write them, Ava decides to become a journalist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Can Write the World\u003c\/i\u003e follows Ava as she explores her vibrant South Bronx neighborhood - buildings whose walls boast gorgeous murals of historical figures as well as intricate, colorful street art, the dozens of different languages and dialects coming from the mouths of passersby, the many types of music coming out of neighbors' windows and passing cars. In reporting how the music and art and culture of her neighborhood reflect the diversity of the people of New York City, Ava shows the world as she sees it, revealing to children the power of their own voice.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoshunda Sanders\u003c\/b\u003e has been a prolific journalist since 1999 and served as a staff writer for some of the nation's largest news organizations, including the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also worked as a federal speechwriter, as Press Secretary to the Secretary of Energy during the Obama Administration, and as Director of Communications in North America for Change.org. She teaches in the First-Year Writing Program at The New School in New York City. She earned a BA in English at Vassar College and an MS in Information Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She lives in the Bronx, not far from where she was raised. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharly Palmer\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning painter and collagist whose first children's book, \u003ci\u003eMama Africa!: How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2018 Coretta Scott King \/ John Steptoe New Talent Award and was named a \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the year. He is also the illustrator of \u003ci\u003eThere's a Dragon in My Closet\u003c\/i\u003e. He currently lives and works in Atlanta, GA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 11.6 x 9.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47302589645049,"sku":"9781644420010","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/akpqU2psSlVHZ0dtL1VISFFWdkNOUT09_1a6bc99b-5dec-4b74-b1c3-a8edf5a23dde.webp?v=1769282080","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/i-can-write-the-world-hardcover-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}