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"Your books are wonderful,
historical and should be given out in
schools
as well as taught in classes. Every Black child should
have the set.”
- Shirley Jackson
Piecing It Together
(68 pages)
Fun! . . . Educational! . . .
Entertaining!
All new exciting word search puzzle
book for teenagers and others.
Titles include Dressed For Success,
Express
Yourself, Boys To Men,
Fear Factor, Comic Relief,
Dollars and Sense, Haters
Anonymous,
Minding Their Business, You've Got The Power,
The Usual Suspects
and much, much more . . .
Piecing It
Together: Word Search Puzzles For Teenagers and Other
Folks Too
contains over twenty five puzzles and stories that address
real life issues in a fun,
entertaining way.
Youngsters will have fun doing the puzzles while gaining practical real
life
insights and tips, and adults will enjoy perusing through the wide
range of
thought-provoking topics.
If you’ve seen Tavis Smiley’s Too Important To Fail then you
know
that Piecing It Together is
critically needed at this time, particularly to
help Black and
Latino youngsters navigate through the assortment of
life challenges they
face.
Drawing
upon the rich contemporary and historical narratives of people
of color
throughout the world,
Piecing It Together
is not only culturally
relevant,
but it's fun and
educational too.
- When reggae icon Bob Marley wailed his classic
"Get up, stand up,
stand up for your rights" he could have been singing
about this fifteen
year old . . . Who is she? Find out in She's
A Standup Girl.
- If someone were to ask you, "Where do
you get your information?"
what would your answer be? Television? The
Internet? Newspapers?
Find out how the "Real People" of
Australia get their information in
What's The 411.
- Imagine
being the CEO of a company whose gross sales for the
previous year was over
$100,000 and imagine if you were only 15
years old and in the tenth grade
when you accomplished this. Meet
youngsters who are getting paid for
Minding Their Business.
- If jail was all
that, then why is everybody in jail trying to get out? If
street life is so
glamorous, then why don't the people who live it ever
go anywhere besides
the street corner? Learn why in Tales From The
Darkside.
- Did you know that
the Bloods and Crips originally began as offshoots
of the Black Panther
Party and were organized to preserve unity in the
community and to fight
police brutality? Get the real story in Comic
Relief.
A great holiday or anytime gift,
Piecing
It Together is guaranteed to
delight and excite the imagination of youngsters while providing them
with a rousing appreciation for the history and culture of people of color
around the world.
Piecing It
Together
is recommend for ages 13 and older. |
