The 1619 Project: Born on the Water GetBooksUpdated and new friends

and new friends

Marcus's joy over his new pair of shoes reminds his grandfather of an old story about a boy named Ariba who has the most wonderful and unusual relationship with an extraordinary pair of shoes

his participation in the natural world

Maryam brought jellybeans

stopping to marvel at their unique names and wondrous shapes

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water GetBooksUpdated and new friendsThe 1619 Project's lyrical picture book in verse chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the United States, thoughtfully rendered by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Nikole Hannah Jones and Newbery honor winning author Rene Watson. A young student receives a family tree assignment in school, but she can only trace back three generations. Grandma gathers the whole family, and the student learns that 400 years ago,