Mama's Boyz: Home Schoolin, Because Learning Shouldn't Stop at 3 O'clock! - Brossura

Craft, Jerry

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ISBN 10: 0979613205 ISBN 13: 9780979613203

Casa editrice: Mamas Boyz Inc, 2007

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Mama’s Boyz: Home Schoolin’ 112-pages of comic strips and stories aimed at getting kids and young adults to focus on the positive sides of African-American life. The book follows a year in the life of the Porter family which is made up of Pauline (a widow), her two teenaged sons, Tyrell and Yusuf, and Gran’pa and Uncle Greg. In January, Gran’pa takes the boys downtown to eat at a lunch counter in celebration of Dr Martin Luther King’s birthday. For the first time, the teens are made to realize what life was like before the Civil Rights Movement as Gran’pa makes Yusuf give up his seat to a white passenger. Once at the restaurant, they are told how African Americans used to have to enter through the back door and were not even permitted to sit at the counter. These are crucial parts of our past that many of today’s youth know absolutely nothing about! Other topics include an appreciation of Black History and Women’s History Months, back to school and Kwanzaa to name a few. And when the boys have to take care of their flu-sickened Mom during Mother’s Day, they realize just how much she does for them on a day-to-day basis. In addition, October commemorates National Book Month as real-live NY Times best-selling author Eric Jerome Dickey appears in the strip to do a book signing at the family’s bookstore! Mama’s Boyz: Home Schoolin’ also includes a look at how cartoonist Jerry Craft creates his strips and draws his characters, as well as his commentary on various comics throughout the book. There’s even an old-fashioned flipbook with a dancing Yusuf showing his moves at the bottom of the page. The final section includes special Mama’s Boyz strips that have be done for organizations such as the American Diabetes Association and Donate Life America. The book concludes with the most popular Mama’s Boyz story in its 15-year run, entitled “Dawn of the Dad” in which Mom shows Yusuf the tremendous responsibility of raising a child as he’s made to care for an infant for an entire weekend. Changing nappies, 2 a.m. feedings, crying, burping... you name it. When this story first appeared in newspapers, Jerry received over 500 emails from parents, teachers and clergy around the country commending the series. “One mother wrote me to say that she let her son read the strips, then used it as a way to talk to him for the very first time about the issue of ‘babies having babies.’ I was honored to have played a role in that” says Craft.Mama’s Boyz: Home Schoolin’ is a great read for everyone from eight to 108! And it’s something the whole family can and SHOULD enjoy together, which is a rarity in itself. It’s slated for an early fall launch to coincide with back to school (Mom’s favorite time of the year) and National Book Month. The book has also just been endorsed by “Teachers Against Prejudice.”

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Jerry Craft is one of a handful of African-American cartoonists whose comic is distributed by a major syndicate. His comic strip, Mama’s Boyz, has been with King Features since 1994.The Mama's Boyz cast has acted as national spokes characters for the American Diabetes Association which earned Jerry Craft two Outstanding Supporter Awards. The Mama’s Boyz characters have also been used to spread the word for several other organizations such as the DC Campaign to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy and Donate Life America! Jerry and Mama's Boyz have been featured in Chicken Soup for the African American Soul, Chicken Soup for the African American Woman’s Soul, and The Idiot's Guide to Comedy Writing and Great Books for African American Children. They’ve also received an African American Literary Awards Show Open Book Award for Best Comic Strip, and been nominated by the National Cartoonists Society and the Glyph Awards.Jerry has also illustrated comic books for Marvel and Harvey Comics, done illustrations for Essence Magazine, and drawn activity books, greeting cards and board games. In October of 2006 he left his job as Editorial Director of the Sports Illustrated For Kids Website in order to start Mama’s Boyz Inc., where he can focus on cartooning, illustration and Flash animation.

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Mixing down-home wit with traditional values, Jerry Craft presents a colorful reflection of African-American life that the whole family can enjoy. -- Angela Burt-Murray, Editor-In-Chief, Essence Magazine Craft’s quick wit, artistic skill and deft use of youthful language to bring out life lessons are sure to capture a young person’s interest. -- Pamela Toussaint, Author of Great Books For African American Children Jerry Craft is one of the finest cartoonists and professionals in the business. It is a pleasure to have him as part of the Chicken Soup Series. -- Lisa Nichols, The Secret and Coauthor of Chicken Soup for the African American Soul and Chicken Soup for the African American Woman’s Soul Mama’s Boyz is one of my favorite comic strips. Not only do I love to follow Mom and the Boyz as they work in their family bookstore, but I also appreciate how it supports writers and literacy. I even got to appear in a story. How cool is that?! -- Eric Jerome Dickey, NY Times and Essence Magazine best-selling author Kid reviews The new book is great! It is really funny and I like how you went month-by-month. The dancing Yusuf in the corner was also cool... and clever. Nice! -- Peter E., age 12, Westport, CT I really liked this book. You can learn a lot from it and it is easy to relate to the characters, which is good. That means you wrote this very well. Keep writing, you can go far. -- Dani B., age 10, Norwalk, CT I thought this book was extremely funny and enjoyable. The characters were funny and had cool personalities. It was very educational and the drawing part made me feel like drawing is fun and easy. I can’t wait to see the book in stores! -- Davie B., age 11, Norwalk, CT

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• Editore: Mamas Boyz Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0979613205
• ISBN 13: 9780979613203
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 112