Kids' Book of Wisdom: Quotes from the African American Tradition

. Just Us Books, $5.95 (64pp) ISBN 978-0-940975-61-3

words to live by Organized by such themes as ""Kindness and Love,"" ""Discipline"" and ""Patience,"" Kids' Book of Wisdom: Quotes from the African-American Tradition by Cheryl and Wade Hudson collects proverbs and quotations. Sources range from traditional to contemporary, including African sayings and the works of artists like James Wright and Zora Neale Hurston and leaders like Martin Luther King Jr.

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