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As a child, Mary Blair noticed colors everywhere. One of the first women to be hired by Walt Disney Studios, she worked with men who mainly saw things in black and white and disliked her bright style. After leaving Disney, she was hired back for her “vivid” and “wild” imagination to create
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Publication
Atheneum Books for Young Readers (2017), Edition: Illustrated, 48 pages
Description
From her imaginative childhood to her career as an illustrator, designer, and animator for Walt Disney Studios, Mary wouldn't play by the rules. At a time when studios wanted to hire men and think in black and white, Mary painted twinkling emerald skies, peach giraffes with tangerine spots, and magenta horses that could fly.
Awards
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Informational Books — 2019)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades K-2 — 2019)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Nonfiction — 2020)
Comstock Read Aloud Book Award (Honor — 2018)
Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Award (Gold Award — 2017)
Ladybug Picture Book Award (Nominee — 2018)
Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award (Nominee — 2020)
Kansas NEA Reading Circle Recommended Book (Primary — 2018)
Language
Original language
English
Pages
48
Physical description
48 p.; 11 inches
ISBN
1481461311 / 9781481461313
DDC/MDS
| 709.2 |
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