{"id":39254,"date":"2022-03-22T16:36:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T21:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=39254"},"modified":"2022-03-22T16:36:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T21:36:14","slug":"review-of-we-wait-for-the-sun-by-dovey-johnson-roundtree-and-katie-mccabe-pictures-by-raissa-figueroa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=39254","title":{"rendered":"Review of We Wait for the Sun, by Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe, pictures by Raissa Figueroa"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We Wait for the Sun<\/p>\n

The Story of Young Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Her Grandmother\u2019s Enduring Love<\/em><\/p>\n

by Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe
\npictures by Raissa Figueroa<\/p>\n

Roaring Brook Press, 2021. 36 pages.
\nReview written April 7, 2021, from a library book
\nStarred Review
\n2022 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book<\/p>\n

We Wait for the Sun<\/em> is not a traditional picture book biography, but it is a lovely picture book story about a little girl going berry-picking with her grandmother and friends before the sun comes up. The illustrations catch the dawning light so beautifully. The text gives you the feeling of fresh, sweet, juicy berries in your mouth.<\/p>\n

But then the wonderful part, in both text and illustrations, is when the sun comes up. Grandma stops everything and watches the sun rise with Dovey Mae.<\/p>\n

Again and again, Grandma reaches low or stands tiptoe to pluck berries. And then, suddenly, in the middle of her rush, she stops.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, Dovey Mae,\u201d she whispers. \u201cOver yonder.\u201d<\/p>\n

Slowly, slowly, the horizon pinkens.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere she comes!\u201d Grandma whispers. She draws me to her, and together we watch the pink turn to red, the red to gold.<\/p>\n

Then, all at once, as if at my grandmother\u2019s command, the orange ball that is the sun shows its face.<\/p>\n

It rises up over the edge of the world, and as it does, Grandma rises, too, and stands, just looking, her face shining in the light.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s a beautiful story of community, family, and sweetness. Then at the back in a four-page author\u2019s note, we learn about Dovey Johnson Roundtree and the remarkable life she lived, breaking boundaries in the military, law, and the ministry. This story came from the autobiography she wrote with the help of Katie McCabe before she died.<\/p>\n

It’s a lovely story for children that comes from a remarkable woman who spent her life shining like the sun.<\/p>\n

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