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Javaka Steptoe

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1) Radiant child: the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

Author

Steptoe, Javaka

Language

English

Formats

Book, Playaway Wonderbook

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Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocked to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Now, award-winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe's vivid text and bold artwork echoing Basquiat's own introduce young readers...

2) A pocketful of poems

Author

Grimes, Nikki

Physical Desc

30 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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Poems and haiku verses provides glimpses of life in the city.

3) In daddy's arms I am tall: African Americans celebrating fathers

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 24 cm

Language

English

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A collection of poems celebrating African-American fathers.

4) Jimi: sounds like a rainbow : a story of the young Jimi Hendrix

Author

Golio, Gary

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Language

English

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Before he became one of the greatest guitar players of all time, Jimi Hendrix was a boy who loved to paint and listen to records, and who asked himself an unusual question: could someone paint pictures with sound?

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Javaka Steptoe

1) Radiant child: the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

2) A pocketful of poems

3) In daddy's arms I am tall: African Americans celebrating fathers

4) Jimi: sounds like a rainbow : a story of the young Jimi Hendrix