JoJo's Flying Side Kick

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Author:

Pinkney, Brian

Compiled by:

BookSource Staff,

ISBN:

978-0-613-10514-9

Publication Date:

Nov 1998

Publisher:

Turtleback

Book Format:

Hardback

List Price:

USD $18.40

Book Description:

When Master Kim announces JoJo is ready to take the test for her yellow belt, butterflies start fluttering in her stomach. JoJo loves Tae Kwon Do, but can she really do a perfect flying side kick and break a board in two? Her family and friends offer

Book Details

Detailed Subjects:	Juvenile Fiction / General Juvenile Fiction / Sports & Recreation / Martial Arts Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / African American
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	8.65 x 11.13 x 0.34 Inches
Book Weight:	0.81 Pounds

Author Biography

Pinkney, Brian (Author)

Brian Pinkney, author and illustrator, was born August 28, 1961. He has received the Coretta Scott King Award for his illustrations, three Coretta Scott King Honor Awards, and in 1997, he won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for his book, The Adventures of Sparrowboy. He has also won two Caldecott Honor awards for his illustrations with the books: The Faithful Friend, by Robert D. San Souci, and Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra, by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Pinkney primarily uses the scratchboard illustrative technique with most of his books.

Pinkney lives with his wife, Andrea, and their children in Brooklyn, New York.

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