We Are America A Tribute from the Heart [Paperback]

Celebrate America's freedom dream with National Book Award finalist andNew York Timesbestselling author Walter Dean Myers and Caldecott Honor artist Christopher Myers!

Over the centuries, from a blank canvas of mountains, plains, and canyons, the American landscape has been richly carved by revolution, progress, and possibility. Yet its story is still being written—by its diverse people who are united by the freedom in their hearts. With graceful, lyrical prose and evocative paintings, Newbery Honor author Walter Dean Myers and Coretta Scott King Honor artist Christopher Myers, the father-son team who createdHarlem, pay tribute to the spirit and soul that is America.

New York Timesbestselling author Walter Dean Myers and Caldecott Honor artist Christopher Myers, the father-son team who createdHarlem, celebrate the freedom dream that is America: our struggles, our ideals, and our hope that we can live up to them.

With layered, sweeping panoramic paintings and text rich with historical allusion, this stunning picture book features passionate writings and vivid portraits of political Americans, from Shawnee chief Tecumseh to Abraham Lincoln to Jimi Hendrix.

Praise for Muhammad Ali: The spirit of prizefighter Muhammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay, permeates the action-filled pages.Praise for Ida B. Wells: Important and inspiring.Praise for Ida B. Wells: Masterful.Praise for Ida B. Wells: Accessible to younger elementary audiences.