Under the Same Sun

By Sharon Robinson

Book Overview

Sharon Robinson, daughter of baseball great Jackie Robinson, shares an inspirational story about her family in Tanzania. AG Ford is a NEW YORK TIMES best-selling artist and winner of the NAACP Award.

Auntie Sharon and Grandmother Bibi have come to visit the family in Tanzania--all the way from America Soon it will be Bibi's 85th birthday, and her seven grandchildren are planning a big surprise

After days together at home telling stories and filling gaps from the years spent apart, it's time to embark on their secret journey--a safari in Serengeti National Park. But too soon, it's their last day together. And in a bittersweet moment, at the ruins of an old slave port, Bibi's African-born grandchildren come to learn what happened to their ancestors who went by slave ship to America.

Sharon Robinson eloquently portrays the joys and pains of a family living on two continents. And she gives African-American history a powerful new perspective when seen through the eyes of modern-day African children. AG Ford's luminous oil paintings reflect all the warmth and spirit of this moving story.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545166721
• ISBN13: 9780545166720
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Length: 34 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.7" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3