Description
Art. Biography & Autobiography. Juvenile Nonfiction. HTML: Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children's Literary WorkGordon Parks is most famous for being the first black director in Hollywood. But before he made movies and wrote books, he was a poor African American looking for work. When he bought a camera, his life changed forever. He taught himself how to take pictures and before long, people noticed. This is a fixed-format ebook, which preserves the design and layout of the original print book..
Pages
32
Awards
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Informational Books — 2017)
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Nominee — Children — 2016)
New York Public Library Best Books: For Kids (Nonfiction — 2015)
Los Angeles Public Library Best of the Year (Children's Books — 2015)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Informational Books for Younger Readers — 2015)