Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Commended)
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (900 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0316213888 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 40 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
With minimal detail, the author sensitively touches upon his subject's childhood car crash and his mother's mental illness, though the story avoids his drug use and stops before his early death. Adhering to a straightforward chronology, Steptoe addresses events in Basquiat's life primarily as they affected his artistic growth from young boyhood in Brooklyn through the triumphant years as a critical and popular success in Manhattan. An author's note articulates feelings that radiate from every page of the book: Steptoe's admiration for and attachment to Basquiat and his personal investment in depicting a complicated, loving relationship between a child and a mentally ill parent. Occasional collage elements of newsprint, photographs, and art materials add dimension and immediacy, highlighting both artists' immersion in their work and surroundings. Employing signature features of Jean-Michel Basquiat's work—vibrant colors, f
This children's book won every possible award. So give it to a kid. And get one for yourself. headbutler “Somewhere in Brooklyn, between hearts that thump, double Dutch, and hopscotch and salty mouths that slurp sweet ice, a little boy dreams of being a famous ARTIST.”Those are the words that begin “Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat,” a 40-page art-and-text book for kids by Javaka Steptoe. But… grades 1 to 5? Ages 6-10? Really? I mean, yes, great, little kids will love the art and one of them, a dream. R. Garot said A Radiant Book!. This book has received rave reviews and is on the "year's best" list for every major publication. It's a shoe-in for a Caldecott Award and many more. If you haven't yet bought it for a child you know, you need to. The text reaches from the author's heart to your child's. It's bound to be a classic.. "this for my brother and nephew and they absolutely love it! As a Basquiat fan I was excited" according to Jeni Ambrosius. I purchased this for my brother and nephew and they absolutely love it! As a Basquiat fan I was excited to find a story in a children's book format. I plan to purchased a copy for my son as well as for use in my own classroom! I highly recommend this book, especially if you are a Basquiat admirer.
Now, award-winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe's vivid text and bold artwork echoing Basquiat's own introduce young readers to the powerful message that art doesn't always have to be neat or clean--and definitely not inside the lines--to be beautiful.. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Winner of the Randolph Caldecott Medal and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator AwardJean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen