{"product_id":"dream-a-dress-dream-a-poem-dressmaker-and-poet-myra-viola-wilds-a-picture-book-hardcover","title":"Dream a Dress, Dream a Poem: Dressmaker and Poet, Myra Viola Wilds (a Picture Book) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNancy Johnson James\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDiana Ejaita\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poetic picture book biography about blind Black poet Myra Viola Wilds, written by the author of \u003ci\u003eBrown: The Many Shades of Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What dreams do you carry? Myra Viola Wilds dreamed of opportunity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She left her home in rural Kentucky for the city, learned to read and to write, and became a dressmaker. She hand-stitched gorgeous gowns. She worked so hard she lost her eyesight, and her world went dark. But those well-loved stitches turned into words, and one night Myra woke in the middle of the night and wrote a poem she called \"Sunshine.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She kept writing. She wrote the lush green, sweet-corn yellow, cerulean blue, sunshine-y world from memory, collecting her poems into a book called \u003ci\u003eThoughts of Idle Hours\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1915. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This lyrical, gorgeously illustrated picture book biography celebrates this little-known poet and includes a biography that provides context to her life--the Great Migration, Jim Crow segregation--as well a photograph and a small selection of her poems.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy Johnson James\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and the author of \u003ci\u003eBrown: The Many Shades of Love\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBlack: The Many Wonders of My World\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eBlue: The Many Ways I Feel\u003c\/i\u003e in The Colors of My Life series. Her family is from the same Kentucky town that Wilds was from. She lives in Maryland. \u003cb\u003eDiana Ejaita\u003c\/b\u003e is an illustrator and textile designer based in Berlin. Her work can be found in \u003ci\u003eLet: A Poem About Wonder and Possibility\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Cameron Kids, and in her starred-reviewed picture book, \u003ci\u003eOlu and Greta\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 10.6 x 9.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63392566542685,"sku":"9781951836535","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1025\/5558\/2813\/files\/W1ZIvh1o2Y9781951836535.webp?v=1770854122","url":"https:\/\/novellybooks.com\/products\/dream-a-dress-dream-a-poem-dressmaker-and-poet-myra-viola-wilds-a-picture-book-hardcover","provider":"Novelly Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}