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Everywhere beauty is Harlem the vision of photographer Roy DeCarava

"This visually stunning portrait of Black photographer Roy DeCarava, a child of the Harlem Renaissance and an artistic collaborator of Langston Hughes, takes readers through 1940s Harlem where beauty is everywhere as he immortalizes and documents the lives of ordinary Black people. Simultaneous...

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Main Author: Golio, Gary (Author)
Other Authors: Lewis, E. B. 1956- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, 2024.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
DeCarava, Roy > Juvenile nonfiction.
African American photographers > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Juvenile nonfiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > In art > Juvenile nonfiction.
Biographies > Juvenile.
Picture books.
Summary: "This visually stunning portrait of Black photographer Roy DeCarava, a child of the Harlem Renaissance and an artistic collaborator of Langston Hughes, takes readers through 1940s Harlem where beauty is everywhere as he immortalizes and documents the lives of ordinary Black people. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations."--
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Audience: Ages 5-8
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781662680557
1662680554
Author Notes: A visual artist, musician, and psychotherapist, Gary Golio is the author of the New York Times -bestselling picture book Jimi- Sounds Like A Rainbow , which received the 2011 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. His other books, most of which profile important artists, include When Bob Met Woody , Strange Fruit , and most recently Sonny Rollins Plays the Bridge . Visit garygolio.com.

The recipient of a Caldecott Honor and an Orbis Pictus Award, along with many others, E. B. Lewis is the illustrator of more than seventy books for children. His Calkins Creek titles include Seeking Freedom by Selene Castrovilla and Lizzie Demands a Seat by Beth Anderson, which won Bank Street College of Education's Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for excellence in fiction, along with many other honors. He is also illustrating the forthcoming book Invincible by Wade Hudson.

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