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A new edition for a new world of one of literary legend Toni Morrison’s first picture books with her son, Slade Morrison. With an afterword by the inimitable Jewell Parker Rhodes.

'This is a book about mean people. Some mean people are big. Some little people are mean.' 
 
In Toni Morrison's second illustrated book collaboration with her son Slade, she offers a humorous and insightful look at how children experience meanness and anger in our world. The Morrisons recognized that the world and its language can be confusing to young people. To a child, meanness can have many shapes, sizes, and sounds. The wise young narrator shows that meanness can be a whisper or a shout, a smile or a frown as the list of mean people grows to include parents, siblings, and bullies of several varieties. 
 
Today’s young readers certainly know about meann

The Book of Mean People 20th Anniversary Edition

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      Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
      Publication Date: 10/11/2022
      ISBN13: 9780316349673, 978-0316349673
      ISBN10: 0316349674

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A new edition for a new world of one of literary legend Toni Morrison’s first picture books with her son, Slade Morrison. With an afterword by the inimitable Jewell Parker Rhodes.

      'This is a book about mean people. Some mean people are big. Some little people are mean.' 
       
      In Toni Morrison's second illustrated book collaboration with her son Slade, she offers a humorous and insightful look at how children experience meanness and anger in our world. The Morrisons recognized that the world and its language can be confusing to young people. To a child, meanness can have many shapes, sizes, and sounds. The wise young narrator shows that meanness can be a whisper or a shout, a smile or a frown as the list of mean people grows to include parents, siblings, and bullies of several varieties. 
       
      Today’s young readers certainly know about meann

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