{"id":33682,"date":"2014-07-01T09:39:59","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T13:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=33682"},"modified":"2014-07-01T09:54:53","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T13:54:53","slug":"the-hula-hoopin-queen-by-thelma-lynne-godin-illustrated-by-vanessa-brantley-newton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/the-hula-hoopin-queen-by-thelma-lynne-godin-illustrated-by-vanessa-brantley-newton\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hula-Hoopin’ Queen by Thelma Lynne Godin, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hula-Hoopin'<\/a>Welcome to the corner of Broadway and West 139th Street in New York City: Today, Kameeka is determined that she will finally claim her rightful title as the Hula-Hoopin’ Queen of 139th Street! But today is also the beloved Miz Adeline’s birthday\u00a0\u2013 “I love Miz Adeline … She’s like my very own grandmama”\u00a0\u2013 and Mama needs Kameeka’s help to make Miz Adeline’s party just right.<\/p>\n

Kameeka tries her best to do both, but in her rush, the cake comes out looking like “someone sat on it.” On her way to get more sugar (with Mama’s orders\u00a0for an immediate return home), she can’t resist Jamara’s “so<\/em> smug” challenge. She\u00a0gives in to her “Hula-Hoopin’ itch” and the “[s]wish, swiggle, swish<\/em>” goes on … and on and on.<\/p>\n

Uh-oh. What about Miz Adeline’s needs-to-be-perfect party? What will Mama say? And what will happen to Kameeka’s claim to the royal title? Oh, dear child … how will this fateful day play out?!<\/p>\n

Thelma Lynne Godin<\/a>‘s first picture book is\u00a0a boisterous mix of learning responsibility, competitive fun, working together … and appreciating hidden talents where we least expect them. Not to mention, never underestimate the power of the Hula-Hoopin’ itch, especially in the old folks, ahem!<\/p>\n

Illustrator\u00a0Vanessa Brantley-Newton<\/a>\u00a0is clearly familiar with the Hamilton Heights neighborhood of upper Manhattan, reflected in her animated\u00a0pages featuring\u00a0a diverse cast of characters and their\u00a0contagious grins, wide-eyed concern, and tenacious determination. Even more notable about her\u00a0multi-layered pictures are how they enhance and augment Godin’s lively\u00a0text: Check out the walls of Kameeka’s living room with walls proudly displaying\u00a0an African mask, a painting of child activist Ruby Bridges (in what seems to be a nod to Norman Rockwell’s iconic\u00a0The Problem We\u00a0All Live With<\/a><\/em> which depicts the 6-year-old Ruby’s walk\u00a0flanked by officials to an all-white public school in 1960), a graduation portrait seemingly of Kameeka’s mother, as well as the partial view of a\u00a0painting of four multi-generational women\u00a0walking with two carrying the Holy Bible. Hoops and parties may be important, but the more lasting celebrations are for heritage, education, and family.<\/p>\n

With summer whooshing by (July already?!) and temperatures rising, Kameeka and her hula hoop are a delightful diversion to share\u00a0with your energetic young ‘uns. And then when those sidewalks begin\u00a0to cool, you’ll have the\u00a0inspiration to go out and do\u00a0some swishing and hoopin’\u00a0of your own!<\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Children<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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