David F. Walker & Marcus Kwame Anderson | BIG JIM AND THE WHITE BOY

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Watch David F. Walker & Marcus Kwame Anderson, authors of BIG JIM & AND THE WHITE BOY (Ten Speed Graphic), in their closing keynote conversation with Donna N. Gray, MLS, Library Operations and Instructional Coordinator, New York City School Library System.

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Learn more about BIG JIM AND THE WHITE BOY at penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/book/?isbn=9780593836118

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