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Danitra Brown Leaves Town
illustrated by Floyd Cooper
HarperCollins, 2002
ISBN: 978-0-688-13155-5
From the book
"I sat frowning by my window
when the mail truck came today
with a letter from Danitra
who is many miles away...
I ripped Danitra's letter open,
in spite of my worst fear.
I bit my lip until I read
'I wish that you were here.'"
from Danitra Brown Leaves Town
© 2002 by Nikki Grimes
Reviews
"This sequel to Coretta Scott King Honor Book Meet Danitra Brown (BCCB 7/94) focuses on Danitra's friend, Zuri, who lets us know right away that she is hurt when Danitra takes off for vacation...Thirteen accessible and skillfully paced poems—many representing letters from vacationing Danitra or from Zuri left behind—depict the highlights of that summer...An uplifting contemporary spin on the town mouse and the country mouse, this is a natural for an end-of-semester read-aloud or independent summer reading." BCCB
"Fans of this author-illustrator team's Meet Danitra Brown (1994) will welcome their latest effort about Danitra and her best friend, Zuri Jackson. Told as...poems and letters about the joys of summer and the strong bond of true friendship, this will resonate with many young readers who have savored the pleasures of Fourth of July fireworks, picnics and games, block parties, starry summer nights, and family reunions...Grimes's poems read and flow well, and Cooper's paintings simply burst with energy and expressiveness. How nice...for young readers that Danitra has returned." Kirkus
Awards
Book-of-the-Month Club
Texas Blue Bonnet State Reading List
North Carolina Young Readers Award Nominee
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