{"product_id":"schomburg-the-man-who-built-a-library-carole-boston-weatherford-paperback","title":"Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library -- Carole Boston Weatherford, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn luminous paintings and arresting poems, two of children's literature's top African-American scholars track Arturo Schomburg's quest to correct history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere is our historian to give us our side? \u003c\/i\u003eArturo asked. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro-Puerto Rican named Arturo Schomburg. This law clerk's life's passion was to collect books, letters, music, and art from Africa and the African diaspora and bring to light the achievements of people of African descent through the ages. When Schomburg's collection became so big it began to overflow his house (and his wife threatened to mutiny), he turned to the New York Public Library, where he created and curated a collection that was the cornerstone of a new Negro Division. A century later, his groundbreaking collection, known as the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, has become a beacon to scholars all over the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carole Boston Weatherford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Candlewick Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.60h x 9.50w x 0.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781536208979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Ages 9-12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Lower Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e193117 \/ Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarole Boston Weatherford\u003c\/b\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling author and poet. Her numerous books for children include the Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor Book \u003ci\u003eBecoming Billie Holiday, \u003c\/i\u003e illustrated by Floyd Cooper, and the Caldecott Honor Books \u003ci\u003eMoses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, \u003c\/i\u003e illustrated by Kadir Nelson, and \u003ci\u003eVoice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, \u003c\/i\u003e illustrated by Ekua Holmes. Carole Boston Weatherford lives in Highpoint, North Carolina. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Velasquez\u003c\/b\u003e is the illustrator of numerous books for children, including several previous collaborations with Carole Boston Weatherford. He won the John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award for his illustrations of\u003ci\u003e The Piano Man, \u003c\/i\u003ewritten by Debbi Chocolate. Eric Velasquez is also the author-illustrator of the Pura Belpré Illustrator Award-winning \u003ci\u003eGrandma's Gift.\u003c\/i\u003e Born in Harlem, he lives and works in Hartsdale, New York.","brand":"Carole Boston Weatherford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67619815915748,"sku":"9781536208979","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781536208979.jpg?v=1792223955","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/schomburg-the-man-who-built-a-library-carole-boston-weatherford-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}