{"id":5203,"date":"2020-10-09T06:22:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T12:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5203"},"modified":"2020-10-09T06:22:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T12:22:46","slug":"all-because-you-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5203","title":{"rendered":"All Because You Matter<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Did you know that you are sun rays,
calm, like ocean waves,
tough, like monta\u00f1as,
magic, like stars in space?”<\/em>
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\nOver at BookPage<\/em>, I’ve a review of Tami Charles’s<\/a><\/strong> All Because You Matter<\/em>, illustrated by Bryan Collier<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

That review is here<\/a><\/strong>, and below are a couple more spreads from the book. <\/p>\n


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“They say that matter is all things that make up the universe:
energy, stars, space … If that’s the case,
then you, dear child, matter.”<\/em>
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“And you hear Pop Pop’s whispered prayers, as another name is called:
Trayvon, Tamir, Philando, and you wonder if they,
or you, will ever matter.”<\/em>
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ALL BECAUSE YOU MATTER. Text copyright \u00a9 2020 by Tami Charles. Illustrations \u00a9 2020 by Bryan Collier and reproduced by permission of the publisher, Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., New York.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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