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Black Magic by Dinah Johnson is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Black Magic about?
<p><p>black Is A Look, A Taste, A Speed, An Emotion. It’s The Surprising Stripes On A Zebra, The Taste Of Dark Chocolate, The Scary, Exciting Feeling Of Going Inside A Tunnel, And A Mother’s Voice As Her Daughter Falls Asleep. <p>in This Celebration Of The African American Spirit, Dinah Johnson And R. Gregory Christie Paint A Picture Of “black” That Is Vivid, Varied, And Proud.</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>if Never Quite Reaching The Realm Of “magic,” This Expressive Book Combines Well-matched Text And Pictures To Pay Tribute To The Myriad Qualities Of Blackness. Buoyant Yet Reflective, Johnson’s (hair Dance!) Free-flowing Verse Presents An Imaginative Girl’s Musings On The Essence Of Black, Which She Sees As Containing Multitudinous, Even Oppositional, Dimensions (“black Is Big Like A Star-filled Sky/ And Tiny Like The Sparkle In My Daddy’s Eye/ When He Hugs Me With His Strong Black Arms”). Most Associations Involve Sensations, Emotions, Or Sounds, But Several Focus On The Tangible: “black Is Silky Like My Puppy, Ebony./ Black Is Shiny Like My Brother’s New Car” (which Is, As It Happens, Red
Who reads Black Magic?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Dinah Johnson
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co.; Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780805078336
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Children'S, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.46 / 5 (54 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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