num_pages: 32
description: Black is dark, dark is lovely, lovely is the palm of my heartand my heartbeats are filled with joy When children are encouraged to celebrate their lives their joys, their influences, their hopes the results are pure poetry. Honest, wise, and inspiring, each of the twenty poems in this dazzling collection resounds with the unique rhythms of life, as seen through the eyes of African American children."
language: English
title: The Palm of My Heart
titlecomplete: The Palm of My Heart
genres: Picture Books, Childrens, African American, Poetry
ratings_count: 45
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Illustrator Honor
publisher: Lee & Low Books