City Summer Country Summer

<b>CORETTA SCOTT KING ILLUSTRATOR HONOR BOOK • A lyrical picture book from the award-winning author of <i>Heavy</i>, about three Black boys who form a deep connection during a transformative summer trip down South to visit family.<br><br>ONE OF <i>BOOK RIOT</i>’S BEST CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF THE CENTURY (SO FAR)</b><br><br><i>On the ground of that garden, covered in vegetables and dirt, coated in laughter, I want to say that the Mississippi and New York in our Black boy bodies were indistinguishable. </i><br><br>Three Black boys spend one special summer exploring the Mississippi woods and woulds and coulds of sharing the kind of freeing friendship that is love.<br><br>Watched over and given space to discover by Grandmama and Mama Lara, New York, Country, and little C find camaraderie in their contrasts and all the unspoken things between them while playing games of marco polo in the thick garden and sledding on cardboard by the underpass. <br><br>With text brimming with love by award-winning author Kiese Laymon and deeply evocative illustrations by Alexis Franklin, <i>City Summer, Country Summer </i>illuminates the tenuous and tender bonds of friendship Black boys forge with one another.