In a series of acclaimed memoirs, Clifton Taulbert has told of the nurturing community that raised him within the segregated Mississippi Delta of the 1950s. Now the memorable characters from "Eight Habits of the Heart, When We Were Colored" and Taulbert's other popular works appear in his first picture book. This heartwarming story about intergenerational friendship is beautifully illustrated by Lewis's light-filled paintings. Full color.