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Table of Contents
About The Book
Following the success of their much beloved picture books, Please, Baby, Please and Please, Puppy, Please; Academy Award nominated director Spike Lee, and his talented wife Tonya Lewis Lee offer up an inspirational picture book about activism and taking the big steps to set things right set to beautiful illustrations by the award-winning Sean Qualls. Using examples of people throughout history who have taken "giant steps", this book urges kids to follow in their footsteps and not be hindered by fear or a sense that you are not good enough. Despite the challenges, even the smallest step can change the world. So, what's your next step going to be?
About The Illustrator
Sean Qualls’s work is a mixed media combination of painting, drawing, and collage. He has illustrated many picture books, including Before John Was a Jazz Giant, which received a Coretta Scott King Honor Award; The Poet Slave of Cuba, a BCCB Blue Ribbon Book; Dizzy, an ALA Notable Book and a Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, and Child Magazine best book, as well as BCCB Blue Ribbon Book and a Booklist Editor’s Choice; and Emmanuel’s Dream, which was a Schneider Award winner and an Amazon Best Book of the Month. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Product Details
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (January 4, 2011)
- Length: 40 pages
- ISBN13: 9780689868153
- Grades: P and up
- Ages: 4 - 99
- Lexile ® AD870L The Lexile reading levels have been certified by the Lexile developer, MetaMetrics®
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- Book Cover Image (jpg): Giant Steps to Change the World Hardcover 9780689868153(1.7 MB)
- Author Photo (jpg): Spike Lee Photograph by James Meade(10.7 MB)
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- Author Photo (jpg): Tonya Lewis Lee Photograph by James Meade(11.1 MB)
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