Book Description
for The Sun Is So Quiet by Nikki Giovanni and Ashley Bryan
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Thirteen poems by Nikki Giovanni cover a range of subjects but are unified by their celebratory feeling and the poet's delightful ability to contemplate subjects in new and unexpected ways. "Little Boys are like snowflakes" begins one poem. Stars "pirouette and boogie down" in another. The poems are illustrated by Ashley Bryan, whose bright, vivid art showing animals, flowers, and children of many racial and ethnic backgrounds, but especially those of African descent, is a joyous burst of color on every page. (Ages 5-9)
CCBC Choices 1996. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1996. Used with permission.