My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden's Childhood Journey

As a young boy growing up in North Carolina, Romare Bearden listened to his great-grandmother's Cherokee stories...
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Author: Jeanne Walker Harvey
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Language: English
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My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden's Childhood Journey by Harvey, Jeanne Walker

My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden's Childhood Journey

CHF 24.75

My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden's Childhood Journey

CHF 24.75
Author: Jeanne Walker Harvey
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

As a young boy growing up in North Carolina, Romare Bearden listened to his great-grandmother's Cherokee stories and heard the whistle of the train that took his people to the North--people who wanted to be free. When Romare boarded that same train, he watched out the window as the world whizzed by. Later he captured those scenes in a famous painting, Watching the Good Trains Go By. Using that painting as inspiration and creating a text influenced by the jazz that Bearden loved, Jeanne Walker Harvey describes the patchwork of daily southern life that Romare saw out the train's window and the story of his arrival in shimmering New York City. Artists and critics today praise Bearden's collages for their visual metaphors honoring his past, African American culture, and the human experience. Elizabeth Zunon's illustrations of painted scenes blended with collage are a stirring tribute to a remarkable artist.

My Hands Sing the Blues is the recipient of the 2012 IRA Childrens and Young Adults Book Award-Primary Non-Fiction, as well as the gold winner of a Moonbeam Children's Book Award in the category of Picture Book-All Ages.



Author: Jeanne Walker Harvey
Publisher: Two Lions
Published: 01/05/2012
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 10.26h x 9.98w x 0.42d
ISBN: 9780761458104
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.6
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 146678 / My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden's Childhood Journey


Award: Moonbeam Children's Book Award - Gold Medal Winner


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/25/2011
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2011
School Library Journal 10/01/2011 pg. 126
Booklist 11/01/2011 pg. 69
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2012 pg. 166 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
School Library Journal 08/01/2012

About the Author
Harvey, Jeanne Walker: - Author Jeanne Walker Harvey lives in Ross, California.

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