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Bryan — a beloved African American artist and author — renders the story in cut-paper collage of extraordinary richness and vibrancy. The picture book that celebrates Blackness as beauty through the oldest possible form: a story told by the people it belongs to, in colors that sing.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Punk and Pedagogy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45670982418630,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0706\/9066\/8742\/files\/beautiful-blackbird.jpg?v=1775072155"},{"product_id":"the-sneetches-and-other-stories","title":"The Sneetches and Other Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"field\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-value\"\u003eThe Star-Belly Sneetches have stars. The Plain-Belly Sneetches do not. The Star-Bellies make very sure the Plain-Bellies know it. 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The most personal picture book on the Teacher Appreciation shelf — not about a method or a philosophy but about the specific moment when one person sees a child clearly and refuses to let her believe the story she has been told about herself. The picture book that has made more children feel seen and more teachers understand what their attention actually does.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Punk and Pedagogy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45815290167494,"sku":null,"price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0706\/9066\/8742\/files\/thank-you-mr-falker.webp?v=1777916981"},{"product_id":"the-true-story-of-the-three-little-pigs","title":"The True Story of the Three Little Pigs","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"field\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-value\"\u003eA. Wolf just had a cold and needed to borrow a cup of sugar. The houses were structurally unsound. 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