Download e-book for kindle: Kids Book of Wisdom: Quotes from the African American by et al Cheryl & Wade Hudson

By et al Cheryl & Wade Hudson

ISBN-10: 0940975610

ISBN-13: 9780940975613

ISBN-10: 1590191765

ISBN-13: 9781590191767

Your grandmother's phrases. Your mother and dad's phrases. all of us appear to be aware of the outdated sayings, yet by no means cease to consider the place they arrive from-or who acknowledged them first. a superb choice of rates from the African diaspora.

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Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack Sojourner Truth Ain’t I A Woman? 57 WISDOM FOR PARENTS The son of a fool will not become a chief. —Kunama Your child doesn’t belong to you, and you must prepare your child to pick up the burden of his life long before the moment when you must lay your burden down. —James Baldwin, The Devil Finds Work Do not forbid your son to eat his porridge hot: his burnt tongue will teach him what you can’t. —Tetela If you learn it while young, you can do it when old.

Tetela Even the tiny ant has a home of his own. —North Africa 27 One person can thread a needle better than two. —Traditional Nobody will think you’re somebody, if you don’t think so yourself. —Traditional Who I really am keeps surprising me. —Nikki Giovanni, 1984 “I’m happy! I’m happy! Today we are going on the train to Lulu’s house! Babs and I! ” —Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard The Train to Lulu’s 28 The ole sheep, they know the road; young lambs gotta find the way. —Blues lyrics No one can travel by someone else’s star.

Mozambique The giraffe is wise; he never makes a noise but he can see far away. —Tanzania When two quarrel, the first to stop is the wisest. —South Africa I am 83 years old and I have come to realize that there is always more in life to learn. I just started taking swimming lessons last year. I ask a lot of questions during my swimming lessons. You can drown yourself with problems if you do not ask questions. —Rosa Parks Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today’s Youth 36 A hard head makes for a soft behind.

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