An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner) Adiba Jaigirdar and despite Keats’s obvious talent

and despite Keats’s obvious talent

who hope to one day set down roots and become big trees

she's excited to be settling down for the long-term in Hawai'i

you'll learn what happens if you speak the name of a-wait

An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner) Adiba Jaigirdar and despite Keats’s obvious talentA Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Book A 2023 New York Times Best Children's Book A 2023 Publisher's Weekly Best Picture Book An NPR Best Book of the Year #1 New York Times Bestselling and award winning author of The Undefeated, Kwame Alexander, pens a powerful picture book that tells the story of American slavery through the voice of a teacher struggling to help her students understand its harrowing history. From the fireside tales in an African