{"product_id":"the-sun-is-so-quiet-9781250046697","title":"The Sun Is So Quiet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Simple poems by the famous poet, Nikki Giovanni, are paired beautifully with colorful drawings that will pull the young reader into their magic. . . . A lovely first book of poems.\" --\u003ci\u003eChildren's Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuiet . . .\u003cbr\u003elike a quilt on a feather bed . . .\u003cbr\u003eand frost on the window . . .\u003cbr\u003ewe write our names knowing . . .\u003cbr\u003ethe sun will melt them off \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the sun is so quiet . . .\u003cbr\u003ethat we don't care\u003cbr\u003ewe smile\u003cbr\u003e--from \u003ci\u003eConnie\u003c\/i\u003e by Nikki Giovanni \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe quiet and noisy, wintery and sometimes sunny poems in \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Is So Quiet\u003c\/i\u003e will always make you smile. Nikki Giovanni describes riding rainbows, tiptoeing through strawberry patches, licking chocolaty fingers, snuggling under covers, and many other wonderful childhood moments. Ashley Bryan's warmest, most colorful illustrations make each page look like a bright, beaming smile. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether, they have created a collection that you can linger over like a peppermint candy cane or enjoy as quickly as a snowflake melts on your nose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-549900\"\u003eNikki Giovanni\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Square Fish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 7.80w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250046697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250046696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-JNF\"\u003eJuvenile Nonfiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-JNF042000\"\u003ePoetry | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNikki Giovanni\u003c\/b\u003e wrote many books of poetry for children and adults, including \u003ci\u003eRosa\u003c\/i\u003e, a Caldecott Honor book, \u003ci\u003eLincoln and Douglass\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Genie in the Jar\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEgo-tripping and Other Poems for Young People\u003c\/i\u003e. Giovanni called herself, \"a Black American, a daughter, a mother, a professor of English.\" She was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and grew up in Lincoln Heights, an all-black suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. She studied at Fisk University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University. She published her first book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eBlack Feeling Black Talk\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1968, and since then became one of America's most widely read poets. Oprah Winfrey named her as one of her twenty-five \"Living Legends.\" Her autobiography \u003ci\u003eGemini\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the National Book Award, and several of her books received NAACP Image Awards. She received twenty-five honorary degrees, and numerous other distinctions, including being named Woman of the Year by \u003ci\u003eMademoiselle Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ladies Home Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEbony\u003c\/i\u003e, the first recipient of the Rosa L. Parks Woman of Courage Award, and the Langston Hughes Medal for poetry. Nikki Giovanni lived in Christiansburg, Virginia, where she was a professor of English at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. She died in 2024 at the age of 81. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAshley Bryan\u003c\/b\u003e (1923-2022) was a multi-award-winning children's book author and illustrator with several Coretta Scott King Awards, a Newbery Honor, and a Children's Literature Legacy Award (formerly the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award) among his honors. Named one of New York Public Library's Literary Lions in 2008, he also taught art at such institutions as Dalton School, Philadelphia College of Art, Queens College, and Dartmouth College. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTelling stories of African folklore and the African-American experience for more than sixty years, his books include \u003ci\u003eBeat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Blackbird\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFreedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInfinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace\u003c\/i\u003e. He also contributed his collage art to Richard Wright's \u003ci\u003eBlack Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, Nikki Giovanni's \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Is So Quiet\u003c\/i\u003e (a Parents' Choice Award-winner), and Langston Hughes's \u003ci\u003eCarol of the Crown King: Nativity Poems\u003c\/i\u003e among many others.","brand":"Square Fish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48109141655789,"sku":"9781250046697","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_42a60ed3-068e-4b38-8c4e-211850ab79ee.jpg?v=1747594259","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/the-sun-is-so-quiet-9781250046697","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}