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DRAWING FROM MEMORY

Drawing from Memory
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Say
Author's First Name: 
Allen
Publisher: 
Scholastic
Publication Date: 
2011
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In this memoir Say looks back at how he evolved into an artist, crediting especially his Japanese sensei (teacher)Noro Shinpei. The illustrations and photographs give a strong sense of people and place and add to the appeal of the story. Fans of Say will recognize elements from other books but that just adds to the completeness of this picture. Ten to Fourteen.

DAVE THE POTTER: ARTIST, POET, SLAVE

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Hill
Author's First Name: 
Laban Carrick
Illustrator's First Name: 
Bryan
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Collier
Publisher: 
Little, Brown
Publication Month: 
September
Publication Date: 
2010

Dave, a nineteenth-century slave, made beautiful clay pots, on which he often inscribed poems.  The simple prose and earth-toned watercolor and collage illustrations lovingly evoke his strong hands, his care, his craft, and some hidden secrets for readers to discover.

BEAR'S PICTURE

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Pinkwater
Author's First Name: 
Daniel
Illustrator's First Name: 
D.B.
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Johnson
Publisher: 
Houghton Mifflin
Publication Date: 
2008

Bears can’t draw. At least, that’s what two patronizing gentlemen tell an aspiring ursine artist. Cubist-style illustrations, a gradually expanding palette, and sly visual details combine to celebrate the triumph of self-expression and creativity.

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