Gingerbread Days

by Joyce Carol Thomas, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)

Poems for each month of the year celebrate the themes of family love, individuality, and Afro-American identity.

Genres: Poetry, Picture Books, Family

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Joyce Carol Thomas was an internationally renowned author who received the National Book Award for her first novel, Marked By Fire, and a Coretta Scott King Honor for her first picture book, Brown Honey In Broomwheat Tea. Her other titles include I Have Heard Of A Land, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book; The Gospel Cinderella; cCrowning Glory; Gingerbread Days; and A Gathering Of Flowers. Ms. Thomas lived in Berkeley, California.

Reviews

[Alicia (PrettyBrownEyeReader) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Each month of the year is presented with wonderful illustrations and content about the month. A wonderful book to learn the calendar months.

[Gabrielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has monthly poems in it. It starts with January an talks about making gingerbread and ends with December talking about the best present ever, the love of a family. The poems are very heart warming in this book. It really talks about family and love. The illustrations are really cool in this book!

[Robin · Rating 2 out of 5]

A short poem for each month of the year.