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Be Boy Buzz
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05014-BEBOYBUZ
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This stunning volume celebrates all things boy. The creators of Happy to Be
Nappy set the stage with the bold opening sortie: "I be boy" appears on the left
of the spread, paired with a deceptively simple layering of rectangles in blue
line that pulsates on the page; opposite, a thoughtful-looking fellow, all
elbows and knees slightly bent, seems poised for action. This spare, poetic riff
on young manhood plumbs the delights and contradictions of what it means to be a
boy particularly an African-American boy in a brief handful of sentences and
with a few well-placed pastel lines that imply motion and emotion.
From boys
soaring ("All bliss boy") to boys sulking ("All bad boy beast" here Raschka
conveys the mood with just the right-hand side of a furrowed brow, and two arms
seemingly blocking readers from view), at play ("I be boy jumping") and at rest
("all think and dream time"), the words pinpoint boyhood's unflagging energy and
exuberance, vulnerability ("Hug me close. Don't let me down") and attitude.
Author: bell hooks; Chris Raschka, illustrator. 32 pp. Hardcover. Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children, 2002. First Edition.
32 pages. Hardcover.
Ages 4 - 8.
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