Jalani and the Lock
Title | Jalani and the Lock PDF eBook |
Author | Lorenzo Pace |
Publisher | The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | 50 |
Release | 2015-01-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1477792783 |
Sculptor Lorenzo Pace won the commission to create the African Burial Ground Memorial sculpture in New York City, which has at its base a replica of the lock that imprisoned his great-grandfather as a slave, passed down through the generations. Pace’s beautiful story about the fictional Jalani’s chained arrival in the United States tells an uplifting story for children about his ultimate freedom. About the Author/Illustrator Lorenzo Pace is the former director of the Montclair State University Art Galleries in Upper Montclair, New Jersey. He is the sculptor commissioned to create Triumph of the Human Spirit for the African Burial Ground Memorial in Foley Square Park in New York City. He is currently a Professor of Art at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Jalani and the Lock
Title | Jalani and the Lock PDF eBook |
Author | Lorenzo Pace |
Publisher | The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | 48 |
Release | 2015-01-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1477792805 |
In this story based on true events, Jalani, a freed slave, gives the lock that held him in chains to his eldest child as a symbol of his enslavement. Includes information about African Burial Ground Memorial Sculpture in New York City created by Jalani's descendent, Lorenzo Pace.
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Deepening Literacy Learning
Title | Deepening Literacy Learning PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Ann Reilly |
Publisher | IAP |
Total Pages | 412 |
Release | 2010-09-01 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1607524597 |
Marching with Martin
Title | Marching with Martin PDF eBook |
Author | Lorenzo Pace |
Publisher | The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | 50 |
Release | 2015-01-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1477792856 |
Artist Lorenzo Pace participated in the civil rights movement and marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. His unique cultural perspective and first-person eyewitness account of the era is made immediate and accessible to elementary students with his artistic collages of primary source materials. About the Author/Illustrator Lorenzo Pace is the former director of the Montclair State University Art Galleries in Upper Montclair, New Jersey. He is the sculptor commissioned to create Triumph of the Human Spirit for the African Burial Ground Memorial in Foley Square Park in New York City. He is currently a Professor of Art at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Harriet Tubman and My Grandmother’s Quilts
Title | Harriet Tubman and My Grandmother’s Quilts PDF eBook |
Author | Lorenzo Pace |
Publisher | The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | 48 |
Release | 2015-01-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1477792929 |
Artist Lorenzo Pace uses his grandmother's quilts in a powerful, personal, and artistic presentation of Harriet Tubman's heroic participation in the Underground Railroad. the Pace family artifacts are like the quilts slaves made and used for giving signals and directions to those seeking freedom. His unique narrative voice and point of view make this a brilliant, age-appropriate informational text.
Frederick Douglass and the North Star
Title | Frederick Douglass and the North Star PDF eBook |
Author | Lorenzo Pace |
Publisher | The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | 50 |
Release | 2015-01-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1477792813 |
Artist Lorenzo Pace uses his fascination with Douglass’s abolitionist newspaper, The North Star, to create an age-appropriate, sensitive narrative. His nonfiction text and primary-source material, along with his artwork, tells the story of Douglass and the fight to end slavery. About the Author/Illustrator Lorenzo Pace is the former director of the Montclair State University Art Galleries in Upper Montclair, New Jersey. He is the sculptor commissioned to create Triumph of the Human Spirit for the African Burial Ground Memorial in Foley Square Park in New York City. He is currently a Professor of Art at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.