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Going Back Home de Toyomi Igus

Going Back Home

Autor Toyomi Igus Ilustrat de Michele Wood
en Limba Engleză Paperback – apr 2013 – vârsta până la 10 ani
More than half a century after her family moved North to find a better life, artist Michele Wood returned to the South to see and experience the land where her ancestors lived, struggled, and thrived. InGoing Back Home, Michele presents a series of paintings inspired by this personal journey. Through her complex and richly patterned art, Michele places herself back in history, imagining her ancestors struggles to overcome hardship through family love and community."
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ISBN-13: 9780892391974
ISBN-10: 0892391979
Pagini: 32
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 223 x 274 x 4 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Editura: Lee & Low Books Inc

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More than half a century after her family moved north to find a better life, African-American artist Michele Wood returned to the South to see and feel the land where her ancestors lived. Wood presents her paintings inspired by this personal journey. Igus interprets her visual images and family stories. Full color.

Notă biografică

Toyomi Igus is the author and editor of several books for children, including Two Mrs. Gibsons and the award-winning Going Back Home, her brilliant account of artist Michele Wood's personal journey to the South. The former Editor and Publications Director for UCLA's Center for African American Studies, she lives in Los Angeles, California.
Michele Wood is an illustrator, painter, aspiring filmmaker, colorist, clothing and jewelry designer, living in Atlanta, Georgia. She accomplished her Master in Divinity at Christian Theological Seminary, where she was the Artist in Residence 2015-2018. She was awarded the Young Church Women United Award 2016. Her first book, Going Back Home, was honored with an American Book Award Before Columbus Foundation. Wood's second book, i see the rhythm received the Coretta Scott King Award in 1999 for Illustration.