Bird

Description:

Bird, an artistic young African American boy, expresses himself through drawing as he struggles to understand his older brother's drug addiction and death, while a family friend, Uncle Son, provides guidance and understanding.

subjects: Poetry,  Poetry, juvenile literature,  Juvenile literature,  award:Ezra_Jack_Keats_award,  Death,  Drug abuse,  Family life,  Fiction,  FIction,  African Americans,  Drawing,  Novels in verse,  Juvenile fiction,  Juvenile fIction,  Families,  Juvenile poetry,  Children's fiction,  Stories in rhyme,  Death, fiction,  Drug abuse, fiction,  Drawing, fiction