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Lester's lyrical language is matched with Pinkney's vivid paintings
A flawless marriage of Lester's poetic words and Pinkney's breathtaking artwork
{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)Lester and Pinkney combine their talents here to create an unusual, complex, and thought-provoking offering in which the Old African is the keeper of a power that brings comfort and, ultimately, salvation to his people.
Lester's prose is powerful and poetic, and Pinkney outdoes himself in hauntingly expressive, often wordless double-page paintings that masterfully capture the strength and suffering of the African people.
Jerry Pinkney's emotion-filled illustrations match the honesty of Julius Lester's text
Based on legend, this story by frequent collaborators Lester and Pinkney moves gracefully and affectingly from darkness into light.
Lester and Pinkney combine their talents here to create an unusual, complex, and thought-provoking offering in which the Old African is the keeper of a power that brings comfort and, ultimately, salvation to his people.