Poetry
Friday is hosted today by Buffy's Blog.
"Keep Climbing, Girls"
by Beah E. Richards
with illustrations by R. Gregory Christie.
Keep Climbing, Girls speaks to female equality as portrayed by a young African American girl who is determined to climb to the highest branches of a tree on her own terms despite the admonitions of her observers. Vernacular speech creates a distinctive voice for Miss Nettie as she attempts to convince the young girl to be careful for fear she'll become a tomboy with tomboy scars. Certainly there is a risk, but the young heroine's confidence and determination is stronger than her fear of danger.
2 comments:
Sounds like a wonderful book--thanks for introducing it (from a former tomboy who spent much of her childhood in trees!)
An important book, indeed.
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