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Listen for the Fig Tree by Sharon Bell Mathis
Listen for the Fig Tree by Sharon Bell Mathis






Enjoy!” She added that any kind of cracker could be used - whole wheat, water, table - and that brie could be substituted for the whipped cream cheese. Just slice them and place on top of the whipped cream cheese…nice midnight snack - and nutritious. They are dark purple or black and tear-drop shaped. Last weekend a friend sent along a tip for a tasty seasonal snack: “Figs and whipped cream cheese on crackers of your choice. It was described, also in English Journal, as "a celebration of black family life, not of the stereotypical enduring parents, but of the children who find their strength in giving to each other.More random facts and opinions on children’s books, presented Sunday brunch style. English Journal placed Mathis alongside writers such as Toni Cade Bambara and Nikki Giovanni, characterizing them as "describing a black consciousness of self- celebration rather like that which flowered during the Harlem Renaissance and was somehow lost, at least in literature, in the intervening years of social upheaval." Teacup Full of Roses was a New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year.

Listen for the Fig Tree by Sharon Bell Mathis Listen for the Fig Tree by Sharon Bell Mathis

The Hundred Penny Box received a Newbery Honor Award and is a recipient of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and also an American Library Association Notable Children's Book. Her book Ray Charles, a nonfiction biography of Ray Charles, received the Coretta Scott King Award. Mathis has written many books for children and young adults, and has received many accolades in her career. In 1958, she earned a degree in Sociology from Morgan State College and, in 1975, went on to earn a master's in Library Science from the Catholic University of America.

Listen for the Fig Tree by Sharon Bell Mathis

Her mother, a poet, encouraged her to write. She started writing at an early age, and her love of reading was fostered by her parents.

Listen for the Fig Tree by Sharon Bell Mathis

Mathis was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Sharon Bell Mathis (born 1937) is an American librarian and author who has written books mainly for children and young adults.








Listen for the Fig Tree by Sharon Bell Mathis