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Coming Soon
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Publication
Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books (2019), 112 pages
Description
"Artist Ashley Bryan's experience as a Black soldier in the segregated army of WWII"--
User reviews
LibraryThing member rgruberexcel
RGG: Compelling, beautiful story of a Black man, an artist, and a soldier. The history, his feelings, and his written expression are complex. Reading Interest: 13-YA.
LibraryThing member rgruberexcel
RGG: Compelling, beautiful story of a Black man, an artist, and a soldier. The history, his feelings, and his written expression are complex. Reading Interest: 13-YA.
LibraryThing member Salsabrarian
Esteemed artist and book creator Ashley Bryan relates how his skill at art and drawing got him through the rough times of World War II, as a soldier and winch operator in a segregated army unit. Includes excepts of letters he wrote to his cousin and selections of the many drawings he created while
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in the war. Adept young artists will appreciate the creation of art as seen through Mr. Bryan's perspective. Show Less
LibraryThing member ewyatt
Almost a scrapbook of the author's experience during World War II. He tells his experiences as a black soldier including D-Day and guarding German POWs. His art sustained him throughout his life. He details the discrimination that black soldiers faced from their white counterparts and the US
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military. The work is beautifully designed with Bryan's art and letters embedded throughout in addition to photographs. Show Less
Awards
A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (Fiction — 2019)
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award (Winner — Nonfiction — 2020)
BCCB Blue Ribbon Book (Nonfiction — 2019)
Coretta Scott King Award (Honor — 2020)
Carter G. Woodson Book Award (Winner — 2020)
Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (2020)
Norman A. Sugarman Children’s Biography Award (Winner — 2020)
CCBC Choices (2020)
Notable Children's Book (Older Readers — 2020)
Penn GSE's Best Books for Young Readers (Selection — 2019)
El día de los niños / El día de los libros (6-8 — 2020)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Informational Books for Older Readers — 2019)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2019
Physical description
112 p.; 11 inches
ISBN
1534404902 / 9781534404908