{"product_id":"james-brown-reader","title":"MR. WELVIN STROUD'S Sixth Grade Class at the Martin Luther King School, San Francisco; Matabala, illus.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco: The More Distribution Company, 1968. [20]pp; illus. 4to. Saddle-stapled in orange illustrated wraps. Bumping to top corners, echoed throughout; light surface abrasions at spine and fore-edge of rear cover. Very good. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA children's reader celebrating soul music legend James Brown, as written by a sixth grade class at the Martin Luther King School, a San Francisco Freedom School, and illustrated with line drawings by Matabala. The class's teacher Welvin Stroud (1937-2008), an educator and poet who published eight books under the nom de plume \"Dust,\" stated in a June 6, 1968 article in The San Francisco Examiner that the book was written specifically to appeal to Black students: \"'Everybody in our district knows who James Brown is. This makes learning to read meaningful.\" A charming and uncommon production. OCLC locates eight institutions holding copies. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The James Brown Reader","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276560687127,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0225\/2288\/8266\/files\/Stroud_jamesbrown_1.jpg?v=1783543862","url":"https:\/\/dividinglinebooks.com\/products\/james-brown-reader","provider":"Dividing Line Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}