Poster for the book Float Like a Butterfly by Ntozake Shange

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A small poster for the children's book Float Like a Butterfly: Muhammad Ali, the Man Who Could Float Like a Butterfly and Sting Like a Bee, written by Ntozake Shange and illustrated by Edel Rodriguez. The rectangular poster has a wide black border, with a color illustrated portrait of Muhammad Ali in the center. Ali appears from the neck up, against a yellow background. On either side of him are line illustrations of him boxing and three orange and black butterflies surround him. Across the top, in large block letters is [FLOAT], with [LIKE A BUTTERFLY] in smaller letters below. This is followed by text reading [story by NTOZAKE SHANGE] and [illustrated by EDEL RODRIGUEZ], both in black set into red rectangular boxes. Across the bottom is text reading [JUMP AT THE SUN HYPERION]. The back of the poster is blank.

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