The 1619 Project: Born on the Water GetBooksUpdated and lovers of old-time language

and lovers of old-time language

stopping to marvel at their unique names and wondrous shapes

an avid bird watcher whose favorite place to be is high up on the city wall--that is

where he gathers dappled sunlight into a warm fire and sets the night dew aglow

Maryam brought jellybeans

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water GetBooksUpdated and lovers of old-time languageThe 1619 Project's lyrical picture book in verse chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the United States, thoughtfully rendered by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Nikole Hannah Jones and Newbery honor winning author Rene Watson. A young student receives a family tree assignment in school, but she can only trace back three generations. Grandma gathers the whole family, and the student learns that 400 years ago,