My Hands Sing the Blues
Title | My Hands Sing the Blues PDF eBook |
Author | Jeanne Walker Harvey |
Publisher | Two Lions |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780761458104 |
A train journey in Romare Beardens childhood, inspired by one of his collage paintings
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!
Title | I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Beaumont |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780152024888 |
In the rhythm of a familiar folk song, a child cannot resist adding one more dab of paint in surprising places.
Tar Beach
Title | Tar Beach PDF eBook |
Author | Faith Ringgold |
Publisher | Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | 32 |
Release | 2020-08-18 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0593377869 |
CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD WINNER • CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK • A NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOK Acclaimed artist Faith Ringgold seamless weaves fiction, autobiography, and African American history into a magical story that resonates with the universal wish for freedom, and will be cherished for generations. Cassie Louise Lightfoot has a dream: to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night, up on “tar beach,” the rooftop of her family’s Harlem apartment building, her dreams come true. The stars lift her up, and she flies over the city, claiming the buildings and the city as her own. As Cassie learns, anyone can fly. “All you need is somewhere to go you can’t get to any other way. The next thing you know, you’re flying among the stars.”
Don't Call Me Grandma
Title | Don't Call Me Grandma PDF eBook |
Author | Vaunda Micheaux Nelson |
Publisher | Carolrhoda Books |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 2016-02-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1467795593 |
Great-grandmother Nell eats fish for breakfast, she doesn't hug or kiss, and she does NOT want to be called grandma. Her great-granddaughter isn't sure what to think about her. As she slowly learns more about Nell's life and experiences, the girl finds ways to connect with her prickly great-grandmother.
Lady Sings the Blues
Title | Lady Sings the Blues PDF eBook |
Author | Billie Holiday |
Publisher | Crown |
Total Pages | 258 |
Release | 2006-07-25 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0767923863 |
Perfect for fans of The United States vs. Billie Holiday, this is the fiercely honest, no-holds-barred memoir of the legendary jazz, swing, and standards singing sensation—a fiftieth-anniversary edition updated with stunning new photos, a revised discography, and an insightful foreword by music writer David Ritz Taking the reader on a fast-moving journey from Billie Holiday’s rough-and-tumble Baltimore childhood (where she ran errands at a whorehouse in exchange for the chance to listen to Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith albums), to her emergence on Harlem’s club scene, to sold-out performances with the Count Basie Orchestra and with Artie Shaw and his band, this revelatory memoir is notable for its trenchant observations on the racism that darkened Billie’s life and the heroin addiction that ended it too soon. We are with her during the mesmerizing debut of “Strange Fruit”; with her as she rubs shoulders with the biggest movie stars and musicians of the day (Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Clark Gable, Benny Goodman, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and more); and with her through the scrapes with Jim Crow, spats with Sarah Vaughan, ignominious jailings, and tragic decline. All of this is told in Holiday’s tart, streetwise style and hip patois that makes it read as if it were written yesterday.
Jake Makes a World: Jacob Lawrence, A Young Artist in Harlem
Title | Jake Makes a World: Jacob Lawrence, A Young Artist in Harlem PDF eBook |
Author | Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts |
Publisher | Museum of Modern Art |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015-06-30 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780870709654 |
"Inspired by the childhood of the artist Jacob Lawrence in 1930s Harlem"--Front jacket flap.
Yayoi Kusama Covered Everything in Dots and Wasn't Sorry.
Title | Yayoi Kusama Covered Everything in Dots and Wasn't Sorry. PDF eBook |
Author | Fausto Gilberti |
Publisher | Phaidon Press |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2020-03-18 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781838660802 |
Yayoi Kusama dreamed of becoming a famous artist. Day and night she painted hundreds and hundreds of dots onto large canvases. The dots soon came off her pictures and ended up on her dresses, tables, and walls. But she wasn't sorry! An inspiring story about one of the most popular contemporary artists in the world.