"No one sees the world like kids do—and what a delight to have a book that acts as kid-colored glasses.
The stories here are written by Detroit elementary school students (the writers range from 6 to 10 years old). Their vignettes are little explosions, bursts of humor and life. Each one is accompanied by Dave Eggers’s Sharpie scrawls—which, like the kids’ voices and the stories themselves, are energetic and zany and imperfect and hilarious. It’s all slightly off-kilter and it all makes perfect sense.
BONUS: This book is a rare treasure—Harvard Book Store is one of the only places you can get it!
BONUS BONUS: All proceeds from the book go to 826michigan and its writing programs for kids."
Publisher 826michigan
Publication Date 2014-11-01
Section Children's Picture Books / All Staff Suggestions / Suggestions for Kids / Archived Staff Suggestions / Liz S.
Format Hardcover
ISBN 9780982729380
This is what happens when the insanely original and hilarious stories of elementary-school students are paired with the equally anarchic drawings of a novelist/erstwhile artist. In Where Is It Coming From? author Dave Eggers illustrates brash new stories from fourteen young students of the James and Grace Lee Boggs School in Detroit. The authors, members of 826michigan’s after-school writing club, range in age from 6 to 10 years old and address topics strange and essential. Eggers’ drawings convey the energy and charm of this remarkable group of students and this extraordinary school. Where Is It Coming From? is a special window into the city of Detroit and into childhood.
