Christopher Myers

An artist celebrates the many things he can do with a simple pen, and encourages the reader to do the same.

American Ballet Theater soloist Misty Copeland encourages a young ballet student, with brown skin like her own, by telling her that she, too, had to learn basic steps and how to be graceful when she was starting out, and that some day, with practice and dedication, the little girl will become a firebird, too. Includes author's note about dancers who led her to find her voice.

A poem celebrating the people, sights, and sounds of Harlem.

Reinterprets Lewis Carroll's famous poem about the dreaded Jabberwock.