Javaka steptoe biography of barack
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Leading up to the American Library Association Youth Media Awards on January 23, many in the book world revisited some of their favorite books from I went back to some of my favorite books and narrowed my list around a theme: recent illustrated biographies of African Americans who did something extraordinary. Some are famous, some not so famous. Two of the biographies have won multiple awards, but all are outstanding in their original artwork and storytelling. I invite you to check them out and see for yourself.
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
Raldolph Caldecott Medal
Jean-Michel Basquiat, the son of Haitian and Puerto Rican immigrants, became famous during his short life, lauded for his message-filled, expressionist-inspired works. While still a teenager he would explode onto the New York art scene of the late 's and collaborate with Andy Warhol
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RADIANT CHILD
The paths of four migrant children from different Central American countries cross as they enter Mexico, and together they continue their journey to the United States.
Though their reasons for undertaking the perilous journey are different, their hopes are not: They all hope for asylum in the U.S. Ten-year-old Alessandra, from Guatemala, hopes to reunite with her mother, who left four years ago. Thirteen-year-old Laura and her 7-year-old brother, Nando, from El Salvador, are going to live with relatives in the U.S. And year-old Rodrigo, from Honduras, will try to join his parents in Nebraska rather than join a local gang. Along the way they encounter danger, hunger, kindness from strangers, and, most importantly, the strength of friendship with one another. Through the four children, the book provides but the barest glimpse into the reasons, hopes, and dreams of the thousands of unaccompanied minors that arrive at the U.S.–Mexico border every year. Artist Guevara has
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