Bird Biography & Autobiography / African American & Black / Political Science / Civil Rights / Social Science / Activism & Social Justice Leaning into her Brazilian heritage

Leaning into her Brazilian heritage

• Charlotte Zolotow Award winner

” —Paula Chase

Camille is working everyone’s nerves

and they love him so

Bird Biography & Autobiography / African American & Black / Political Science / Civil Rights / Social Science / Activism & Social Justice Leaning into her Brazilian heritageJohn Steptoe Award for New Talent in Illustrations Winner American Library Association (ALA) In this gentle, award winning picture book, an African American boy nicknamed Bird uses drawing as a creative outlet as he struggles to make sense of his grandfather's death and his brother's drug addiction. Young Mekhai, better known as Bird, loves to draw. With drawings, he can erase the things that don't turn out right. In real life, problems aren't so