Bein’ with You This Way

By William Nikola, Michael Bryant
Paperback: $11.95

An African American girl and her friends play together and learn that despite their physical differences, they are all really the same.

Front cover for La alegría de ser tú y yo by W. Nikola-Lisa and Michael Bryant
This book is also available in Spanish
La alegría de ser tú y yo
By William Nikola, Michael Bryant

Description

On a beautiful sunny day, an African American girl visits the park and rounds up a group of her friends for an afternoon of fun and playground games. As they play, this happy crew discovers that despite their physical differences – straight hair, curly hair; brown eyes, blue eyes; light skin, dark skin – they are all really the same.

With the irresistible and exuberant beat of a playground rap, Bein’ with You This Way invites readers of all ages to join in this celebration of diversity. Michael Bryant’s illustrations add to the rhythm with an unforgettable cast of characters who share a sunny day and the universal childhood joy of just bein’ together.

About the Creators

William Nikola

W. Nikola-Lisa is the author of numerous award-winning children's books, among them Bein' with You This Way, Summer Sun Risin', and My Teacher Can Teach Anyone!, all published by Lee & Low Books. A professor of education at National-Louis University in Evanston, Illinois, Nikola-Lisa lives in Chicago with his wife. To find out more about W. Nikola-Lisa, visit his website: nikolabooks.com.

Michael Bryant

Michael Bryant has received the Jane Addams Peace Award Honor, Parenting magazine's Reading Magic Award and the Parents Choice award for his illustration work. Bryant lives in Saylorburg, Pennsylvania with his wife and their two daughters. Visit him online at www.michaelbryantart.com.

Awards

  • Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor

    Jane Addams Peace Association

  • CCBC Choices

    Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)

Reviews

  • "An exuberant story. The cheerful faces and colorful outdoor scenes in Bryant's vibrant paintings harmonize so well with the bouncy rapping that children will clamor for an immediate reread."

    - Kirkus Reviews
  • "[An] ode to the beauty of diversity."

    - School Library Journal
  • "This fast-paced, cheerful, rap story is multicultural literature at its best."

    - Child Magazine

Paperback

  • ISBN 9781880000267
  • Price $11.95
  • Publication Date Apr 01, 2013
  • Trim Size 8.438 × 10.25 in
  • Weight 0.3125 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Word Count 348
  • Hardcover

  • ISBN 9781880000052
  • Price $17.95
  • Publication Date Jan 01, 2100
  • Trim Size N/A
  • Weight 0.875 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Word Count 348
  • Cd

  • ISBN 9781591123996
  • Price $12.95
  • Publication Date Jan 01, 2100
  • Trim Size N/A
  • Weight 0.4375 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Word Count 348
  • Interests

  • Imprint Lee & Low Books
  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JUV / Imagination & Play
  • BISAC Category 2 JUV / Diversity & Multicultural
  • BISAC Category 3 JUV / People & Places / United States / African American
  • Themes African / African American / Black, Childhood Experiences and Memories, Cultural Diversity, Fiction, Five Senses / Body Parts, Friendship, Identity / Self Esteem / Confidence, Multiple Ethnicities Represented, Music, Neighbors, Optimism / Enthusiasm, Poetry, Pride, Realistic Fiction, Sharing & Giving, Similarities and Differences, Tolerance / Acceptance
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 4 - 8
  • Grade Range Grades PreK - 3
  • Guided Reading K
  • ATOS Book Level 1.8
  • DRA 20
  • Lexile Code NP
  • Reading Level Grades 2 - 3
  • SRC 3.9
  • Bebop Reading Early Fluent
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