Dakari Hru (1952–1994)
Autore di Joshua's Masai Mask
Opere di Dakari Hru
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1952
- Data di morte
- 1994-08-31
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Manhattan, New York, USA
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Dayton, Ohio, USA - Istruzione
- University of Dayton (in Ohio) (BA ∙ French)
Columbia University (MA ∙ Organizational Psychology) - Attività lavorative
- poet
Author - Organizzazioni
- United Nations
Journal of the United Nations Society - Agente
- Mary Jack (Wald Associates)
- Breve biografia
- Dakari Hru, a poet and an author of children's books, died on Aug. 31 at Cabrini Medical Center in Manhattan. He was 42 and lived in Manhattan.
He died after a brief illness, said Mary Jack Wald Associates, his literary representative.
Mr. Hru's first picture book, "Joshua's Masai Mask," published in 1993, was described as "splendidly universal" in a review in The New York Times. A second picture book, "The Magic Moonberry Jump Ropes," is to be published by Dial Books for Young Readers in the spring of 1996. His poetry is to be included in an anthology to be published by Lee & Low Books in 1995.
He was born in Pittsburgh and received a bachelor's degree in French from the University of Dayton in Ohio and a master's degree in organizational psychology from Columbia University. He was employed at the United Nations and, since 1985, was a contributing poet to "Reflections, Journal of the United Nations Society."
He is survived by several cousins.
Utenti
Recensioni
The Magic Moonberry Jump Ropes di Dakari Hru
I thought this was a cute book. I cannot double dutch, so to see it portrayed in a reading book and feel like I was doing it was pretty amazing. I was singing the the songs they were playing double dutch too. The Uncle bringing them new, magical jump ropes was pretty cool and that they were hand made and with different plants to color them was pretty cool. In the author's note it gives you the plants and what colors they can make. Cool piece of information!
This was an interesting text about two sisters living in a community where they didn't enough friends to double dutch with them. It also provides some information about African culture, particularly in Tanzania. This could be a good book for a class read-aloud.
Tickle, Tickle! A board book for toddlers that shares the happy, funny, wild feelings of being tickled. Vibrant illustrations with bright colors and realistic browns and beiges for skin and a bouncy Caribbean rhythm bring this work to life. Great for reading at home to toddlers and babies--and tickling as you go!
This book is multicultural. It is fiction because the boy changes characters several times throughout the book. The art in this book is hand-drawn pictures using oil pastels. It is a very colorful book. The content is about a little boy who enters the school talent show and is going to play the kalimba. Soon he realizes this is a bad idea because only the kids that sing and dance like rappers win. The day before the talent show, Joshua goes to his Uncle Zambezi's art gallery and he gives him a feathered Masai mask that a tribe wore in Kenya. This is a magical mask and his uncle told him to be very careful about what he says to the mask. Joshua decides to test it and say he wishes he could be Kareem Cooper who was the coolest guy at school, but his life at home was terrible. After Joshua noticed this, he wished to be Righteous Rapper and after he turned into Righteous Rapper, he did not like being chased around by everyone. Then he decided he wanted to be respected so he changed into the Mayor. Once at the talent show, Shamkia and Kareem were falling apart when the music quit and so he came to the rescue by telling the mask he wishes he could be himself, Joshua again and he played the kalimba. Everyone loved it and now Joshua does not wear that mask anymore; it hangs on his wall. The reading level is probably third grade. Some of the words are unfamiliar just because they are from another country or culture. The curricular connectins are; cultures, Africa, Kenya, African Americans, instruments, talent shows, rappers, kalimba, Masai mask, and just to be true to yourself.… (altro)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 5
- Utenti
- 114
- Popolarità
- #171,985
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 5
- ISBN
- 12