
Why we'd hand it over
Pinkney's watercolors transform the folk ballad into a visually luminous, emotionally serious meditation on dignity and human worth—the kind of picture book that deepens with rereading and holds up for adult readers.

Pinkney's watercolors transform the folk ballad into a visually luminous, emotionally serious meditation on dignity and human worth—the kind of picture book that deepens with rereading and holds up for adult readers.