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Seeing Into Tomorrow

Richard Wright grew up in Mississippi. “He was a little boy who knew the sound of trees rustling in the wind, the journey of a solitary ant, and the brown of a muddy dirt road,” writes Nina Crews in a brief introduction to these lovely haiku. African American Wright, Crews continues, was a child at a time when “people said that brown little boys like him didn’t grow up to be famous writers.” Of course, Wright did, in fact, grow up to be exactly that. The 12 poems here, which Wright wrote later in his career, all reflect a sense of connection to nature. They’re paired with photographs taken by Crews showing diverse brown-skinned boys in this delightful and affirming collection that concludes with more about haiku (of which Wright wrote more than 4,000) and Richard Wright. ©2019 Cooperative Children’s Book Center

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-10
Age Range: PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7) Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Formats: Picture book Poetry
Subjects: African Americans Nature/Environment Writers and Writing
Diversity subject: Black/African

Publishers: Lerner, Millbrook
Publish Year: 2018
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781512418651

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 811 Wright

Seeing Into Tomorrow