The year is 1921, and Opal Brown would like to show you around her beautiful neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Filled with busy stores and happy families, Opal also wants you to know that “everyone looks like me.” In both words and illustrations, this carefully researched and historically accurate book allows children to experience the joys and success of Greenwood, one of the most prosperous Black communities of the early twentieth century.

Rights Contact

Shawn Crawford <sdc@calliopecrashes.com>

Award(s)

INDIES Book Award Finalist and Oklahoma Book Award Finalist

Rights Sold (Countries)

United States

Book Website

https://thecalliopegroup.com

Contributor(s)

Quraysh Ali Lansana, Najah-Amatullah Hylton, and Skip Hill (illustrator)

Publisher

The Calliope Group

ISBN-13

978-1-73364-744-1

Publication Date

Feb 2, 2021

Pages

32

Price

$22.50

Tags

#picturebooks

Our Review

In this important picture book for historical fiction collections, Opal grows up in Greenwood, a Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma where everyone gathers on Sunday to hear the good word. Today, everyone’s looking forward to the Memorial Day picnic. While there are rumblings of violent... Read More