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In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers
Fatherhood is celebrated with honor, humor, and grace in this intergenerational collection of poetry by new and established African American writers.
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
January 30th 2001
by Lee & Low Books
(first published March 1997)
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Being a father is the greatest thing in the world to a man. Some may cry and others may be just smile from ear to ear. This book of poems In daddy's arm I AM TALL African American Celebrate Fathers is a Coretta Scott King Award book that is about fathers expressing their love for being a father. Some may comes from a daughter or son's eyes. With the pictures in the book that are torn and cut paper with pastel and applique you could see the love that the poets have for their father or grandfather...more
I think the book was interesting . I loved how the people explained how they feel about there fathers. My favorite poem in this book is Tickle tickle By: Dakari Hru. Tickle, tickle was mainly about a girl/boy who loved there dad. He or she also loved when there dad tickle them. In the poem it says when my dad tickles me eyes water, my throat be sore but me still want more. I also enjoyed the poem My granddaddy is my daddy too . This poem reminded me of my granddaddy but my granddaddy has diff...more
This collection celebrates fatherhood and the special bond between fathers and their children as seen through the eyes and felt in the hearts of African American poets. The inside front flap states “family is a precious gift, and that fathers are among our most affecting heroes”. The illustrations are awesome. The author notes the illustrations were created using torn paper, cut paper with pastel, and appliqué. The collages and paintings contain: scraps from a tin ceiling; floorboards salvaged f...more
Recommended for Ages 8 and up
From Booklist
The son of John Steptoe has a true winner in fact, receiving the 1998 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for his first picture book. Javaka Steptoe creates a splendid series of images in mixed media--from found objects, torn and cut paper, and color--to illustrate a series of short poems about fathers. From the stark simplicity of David Anderson's "Promises," with its cut-paper silhouette figure of a child's hug seen from be...more
From Booklist
The son of John Steptoe has a true winner in fact, receiving the 1998 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for his first picture book. Javaka Steptoe creates a splendid series of images in mixed media--from found objects, torn and cut paper, and color--to illustrate a series of short poems about fathers. From the stark simplicity of David Anderson's "Promises," with its cut-paper silhouette figure of a child's hug seen from be...more
Kelsey
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Age: Kindergarten through 5th grade
Media: Collage--torn paper, cut paper with pastel, applique, found art
Illustrator Style: The diverse collage pictures celebrate the diversity of themes presented by the poets and help capture the eye of a child throughout the longer poems (although they're all pretty short).
A collection of poetry about African American children and their fathers. With a few challenging words, these poems have rhythm and concrete situations that children ...more
Media: Collage--torn paper, cut paper with pastel, applique, found art
Illustrator Style: The diverse collage pictures celebrate the diversity of themes presented by the poets and help capture the eye of a child throughout the longer poems (although they're all pretty short).
A collection of poetry about African American children and their fathers. With a few challenging words, these poems have rhythm and concrete situations that children ...more
This is a great compilation of African American poetry and is very touching. The poems range in their writing style and topic but still give the respect to fathers. Each poem is by a different poet, and at the end of the book a short biography is listed for each poet. The illustrations are also very incredible; they range from different materials put together to make artwork and are very unique. This is a good book to read with children to introduce poetry as well as dedications and written work...more
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Carmen
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This book would be considered an anthology of poems that are dedicated to African American fathers. I would use it to model various forms of poetry. I would also use it as a guide to writing tributes in the form of poetry. I would allow children to choose poems for the book that best describes their father or have them to write a poem that would describe him.
Jenilyn Braden
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This was a book of poems compiled about African-American fathers. I really enjoyed the poems and thought they were very sweet. I also liked how they were all a little different from each other in style; it would be a good way to show children that not all poetry is the same.
This is a collection of African American poetry. The authors are all African American and they have embedded family traditions into their poetry.
I loved the simplicity and the sensitivity portrayed in this book. Another great addition to any classroom library! The poems are short yet deep.
Collection of poems by various artists. Celebrates dads and black culture; the role of a dad in a black family. Good for 1-3rd
Some of this is cool, but some of this is just weird. I wouldn't read it to a young child.
1998 Coretta Scott King Award (illustrator winner)
Leticia H
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This a collection of poems celebrating African American fathers.
Deidre
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my daddy is the best
Anthology poem
Good poems to show family relations.
In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall is a beautiful and moving collection of short poetry. The poetry is inclusive of other father figures, such as grandfathers, and highlights different aspects of fatherhood including; work ethic, dreams and lessons passed through generations.
This is a beautiful collage of construction paper, etc that depicts African American kids bonding with their dads. There are brief poems which explain what’s occurring on each page.
A poetic dedication to Black fathers. Poems and images beautifully dance together.
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