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Jump at the Sun
Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston | Alicia D. Williams
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From the Newbery Honorwinning author of Genesis Begins Again comes a shimmering picture book that shines the light on Zora Neale Hurston, the extraordinary writer and storycatcher extraordinaire who changed the face of American literature. Zora was a girl who hankered for tales like bees for honey. Now, her mama always told her that if she wanted something, to jump at de sun, because even though you might not land quite that high, at least youd get off the ground. So Zora jumped from place to place, from the porch of the general store where she listened to folktales, to Howard University, to Harlem. And everywhere she jumped, she shined sunlight on the tales most people hadnt been bothered to listen to until Zora. The tales no one had written down until Zora. Tales on a whole culture of literature overlookeduntil Zora. Until Zora jumped.
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Librarybelle
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A #PictureBook biography about Zoe‘s Neale Hurston‘s early life. The illustrations are so vibrant and captivating. The narrative is a little hard to read aloud, but still reflects Hurston‘s determination to “jump at the sun” and achieve her goals, #BBRC #LetterJ

LibrarianRyan ohhhh. stacked. 8mo
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Beautiful biography of Zora Neale Hurston. #BBRC @LibrarianRyan letter J

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Hestapleton
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I adored this book! So much vibrancy leaping off every page! Definitely one I‘ll buying for my kids. #BBRC

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GatheringBooks
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#WindsOfMarch Day 19: Zora Neale Hurston lived much of her young life #InTheWild, jumping at the sun as her mother advised. There is joyful exuberance depicted here as she catches one story after another, and transforms them in her own unique way, making the stories hers. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-n7Y

Eggs Stacked - I love picture book recommendations 3y
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GatheringBooks
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#ShowSomeLove Day 6: These two picturebooks seem like a good fit to #PayAComplimentDay with their brightness and exuberance. Review of tagged book is forthcoming.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💛💛💛 3y
TheKidUpstairs Beautiful! 3y
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