{"product_id":"little-man-little-man-a-story-of-childhood-9781478000044","title":"Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood","description":"Four-year-old TJ spends his days on his lively Harlem block playing with his best friends WT and Blinky and running errands for neighbors. As he comes of age as a \"Little Man\" with big dreams, TJ faces a world of grown-up adventures and realities. Baldwin's only children's book, \u003ci\u003eLittle Man, Little Man\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates and explores the challenges and joys of black childhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now available for the first time in forty years, this new edition of \u003ci\u003eLittle Man, Little Man\u003c\/i\u003e--which retains the charming original illustrations by French artist Yoran Cazac--includes a foreword by Baldwin's nephew Tejan \"TJ\" Karefa-Smart and an afterword by his niece Aisha Karefa-Smart, with an introduction by two Baldwin scholars. In it we not only see life in 1970s Harlem from a black child's perspective, but we also gain a fuller appreciation of the genius of one of America's greatest writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Baldwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478000044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Ages 9-12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2018 pg. 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/18\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2018 pg. 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews Fall Preview\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2018 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/28\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Baldwin (1924-1987), the world-famous novelist, playwright, essayist, critic, and public intellectual, was the grandson of a slave. He grew up in Harlem and was the oldest of nine children. He spent three years while in his teens as a preacher and briefly worked on the New Jersey railroad. In the 1940s he met his mentor, painter Beauford Delaney, and moved to Greenwich Village. In 1948 he left the United States and moved to Paris. His first novel--\u003ci\u003eGo Tell It on the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e--was published in 1953, and over the next ten years he wrote many essays and several of his best-known works, including \u003ci\u003eNotes of a Native Son\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGiovanni's Room\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Next Time\u003c\/i\u003e. During the 1960s Baldwin split his time between Istanbul and the United States, where he was active in the civil rights movement. In 1971 he moved to Saint Paul-de-Vence, a village in the south of France. There he wrote, among other works, \u003ci\u003e Little Man, Little Man\u003c\/i\u003e, which he dedicated to Beauford Delaney; and the novel \u003ci\u003eIf Beale Street Could Talk\u003c\/i\u003e, which he dedicated to Yoran Cazac. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yoran Cazac (1938-2005) was a French artist who first gained attention for his abstract paintings in Paris in the 1960s. He moved to Rome, where he became the protégé of the painter Balthus, director of the French Academy. Cazac met Baldwin in Paris in 1959 through their mutual friend, painter Beauford Delaney. They rekindled their friendship in the 1970s, when Baldwin asked Cazac to provide the illustrations for \u003ci\u003eLittle Man, Little Man\u003c\/i\u003e. Baldwin contributed an essay for the catalog of Cazac's 1977 exhibition at the Chateau de Maintenon. Cazac's final solo exhibition was held at the Kiron Gallery in Paris in 2003. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nicholas Boggs is Clinical Assistant Professor of English at New York University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jennifer DeVere Brody is Professor of Theater and Performance Studies at Stanford University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tejan Karefa-Smart, James Baldwin's nephew, is a photographer and digital media artist who lives in Paris, France. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Aisha Karefa-Smart, James Baldwin's niece, is an author who lives in Washington, D.C.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"James Baldwin \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47286130344093,"sku":"9781478000044","price":23.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_6052f61c-d3cf-4286-a044-2912f480904d.jpg?v=1760015804","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/little-man-little-man-a-story-of-childhood-9781478000044","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}