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Chris K. Soentpiet
Biography
Chris Soentpiet (pronounced: soon-peet) is an award winning illustrator and author. Aside from writing and illustrating, Chris travels all around the world promoting the love of children's literature, the arts, and multi-culturalism.
When Chris was eight years of age, an American family adopted him from Korea. His talent for watercolors has won him an art scholarship to attend the prestigious Pratt Institute in New York City. After graduating with honors, he wrote and illustrated his first picture book, Around Town. His books have won praise from many critics such as Parent's Choice, American Bookseller, Junior Library Guild, New York Times, and American Library Association.
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Momma, Where Are You From?
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Momma, Where Are You From?
by Marie Bradby and Chris K. SoentpietHear about Momma's experience of growing up as an African American in the South. The lyrical journey takes your child back to a time of peddlers, wagons, icemen, and flat irons that had to be heated on a stove. Beautiful illustrations and engaging text teach an important lesson about America's past, showing how the family gathered and danced as well as how life was segregated.
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Hardcover Book | Grades Pre-K-1
Grades Pre-K-1 $16.95
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Saturdays and Teacakes
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Saturdays and Teacakes
by Lester L. Laminack and Chris K. SoentpietWhen I was nine or ten years old I couldn't wait for Saturdays. I got up early, dressed, and rolled my bicycle out of the garage.
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So begins author Lester Laminack's poetic memory of the adult who made him feel incredibly special—his grandmother. Every Saturday, the narrator, a young boy, rides his bicycle up and down country roads past farms, a graveyard, and a filling station, until he reaches his beloved Mammaw's house. She is waiting for him. While she picks tomatoes, he pushe
Picture Book | Grades Pre-K-5
Grades Pre-K-5 $16.95
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