City Summer, Country Summer Leather In DOG MAN: BIG JIM

In DOG MAN: BIG JIM BEGINS

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These three mothers taught resistance and a fundamental belief in the worth of black Americans to their sons

City Summer, Country Summer Leather In DOG MAN: BIG JIMBy Kiese Laymon Illustrated by Alexis Franklin A lyrical picture book from the award winning author of Heavy, about three Black boys who form a deep connection during a transformative summer trip down South to visit family. On the ground of that garden, covered in vegetables and dirt, coated in laughter, I want to say that the Mississippi and New York in our Black boy bodies were indistinguishable. Three Black boys spend one special summer exploring