City Summer, Country Summer | Kiese Laymon (Author) + Alexis Franklin (Illustrator) LGBTQ+ Books They have no zapatos

They have no zapatos

A joyful tribute

and has always been

Family - General (see also headings under Social Themes)

and the sight of doves flapping their wings toward home

City Summer, Country Summer | Kiese Laymon (Author) + Alexis Franklin (Illustrator) LGBTQ+ Books They have no zapatosA lyrical picture book from the award winning author of Heavy, about three Black boys who form a deep connection during a transformative summer trip down South to visit family. On the ground of that garden, covered in vegetables and dirt, coated in laughter, I want to say that the Mississippi and New York in our Black boy bodies were indistinguishable. Three Black boys spend one special summer exploring the Mississippi woods and woulds and coulds of