Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
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Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks

Suzanne Slade
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A picture book biography about Gwendolyn Brooks, the influential poet and the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize.
Genres: Picture BooksPoetryBiographyNonfictionHistoryChildrensAfrican AmericanBiography MemoirFamilyJuvenile
48 Pages

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