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Little man, little man : a story of childhood /

Four-year-old TJ spends his days on his lively Harlem block playing with his best friends WT and Blinky and running errands for neighbors. As he comes of age as a "Little Man" with big dreams, TJ faces a world of grown-up adventures and realities. Baldwin's only children's book c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 (Author)
Other Authors: Cazac, Yoran (Illustrator), Boggs, Nicholas, 1973- (Editor), Brody, Jennifer DeVere (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Neighborhoods > New York (State) > New York.
African American children > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Juvenile fiction.
African American boys > Fiction.
African American children > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Neighborhoods > Fiction.
Coming of age > Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction.
City and town life.
New York (State) > New York.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Neighborhood > Juvenile fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Neighborhood > Fiction.
Children's stories.
Sophisticated picture books.
Fiction.
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Summary:Four-year-old TJ spends his days on his lively Harlem block playing with his best friends WT and Blinky and running errands for neighbors. As he comes of age as a "Little Man" with big dreams, TJ faces a world of grown-up adventures and realities. Baldwin's only children's book celebrates and explores the challenges and joys of black childhood. This new edition includes a foreword by Baldwin's nephew Tejan "TJ" Karefa-Smart and an afterword by his niece Aisha Karefa-Smart, with an introduction by two Baldwin scholars. In it we not only see life in 1970s Harlem from a black child's perspective, but we also gain a fuller appreciation of the genius of one of America's greatest writers.
Physical Description:xxi, 98 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781478000044
147800004X