God Bless the Child (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books)

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“Mama may have,
Papa may have,
But God bless the child
That is got his own!
That is got his own.”

The song “God Bless the Child” was once first performed by legendary jazz vocalist Billie Holiday in 1939 and remains considered one of her enduring masterpieces. On this picture book interpretation, renowned illustrator Jerry Pinkney has created images of a circle of relatives moving from the rural South to the urban North all the way through the Great Migration that reached its peak in the 1930s. The song’s message of self-reliance still speaks to us these days but resonates even stronger in its historical context. This peculiar book stands as a tribute to all folks who dared such a lot to get their own.

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