City Summer, Country Summer
By Kiese Laymon
Illustrated by Alexis Franklin
By Kiese Laymon
Illustrated by Alexis Franklin
By Kiese Laymon
Illustrated by Alexis Franklin
By Kiese Laymon
Illustrated by Alexis Franklin
By Kiese Laymon
Read by Samuel Eubanks
By Kiese Laymon
Read by Samuel Eubanks
Category: Children's Picture Books
Category: Children's Picture Books
Category: Children's Books | Audiobooks
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$18.99
Apr 01, 2025 | ISBN 9780593405567 | 5-9 years
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Apr 01, 2025 | ISBN 9780593405574 | 5-9 years
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Apr 01, 2025 | ISBN 9780593683668 | 5-9 years
8 Minutes
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Praise
Praise for City Summer, Country Summer by Kiese Laymon; illustrated by Alexis Franklin:
★ “A heartfelt, elegantly wrought, and triumphant tribute to Black boy kinship. On the sunny porches of their grandmothers’ neighboring houses and in the cool shadows of the surrounding woods, hesitation becomes tenderness, anxiety becomes laughter, and difference becomes safeness. Franklin’s digital paintings set realistic depictions of Black boys within the hazy fantasy of summer, emphasizing evocative facial expressions and using spreads filled with natural, liminal spaces to insulate their growing bond.” — Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Laymon’s text is lyrical and specific…Franklin’s digital illustrations…clearly centers each emotion the boys experience…deeply moving…reveling as it does in the tender bonds of Black boy friendship. — The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
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