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Summary:

Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Now, award-winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe's vivid text and bold artwork echoing Basquiat's own introduce young readers to the powerful message and art doesn't always have to be neat or clean--and definitely not inside the lines--to be beautiful.

Author/Creator:

Steptoe, Javaka, 1971- , author, illustrator

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Radiant child: the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat [by Steptoe, J.]

Subjects:

Basquiat, Jean-Michel, 1960-1988 — Juvenile literature — Pictorial works

Artists — United States — Biography — Juvenile literature

Painters — United States — Biography — Juvenile literature

Expressionism (Art) — United States — Juvenile literature

African American artists — Biography — Pictorial works

African American painters — Biography — Pictorial works

African American art — Pictorial works

Basquiat, Jean-Michel, 1960-1988

Artists

Painters

Expressionism (Art)

African American artists

African American painters

African American art

United States

Genres:

Picture books

Biographies

Pictorial works

Juvenile works

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 2).
Accelerated Reader LG 4.7 0.5 183793 EN.
Reading Counts! 9.4
Caldecott Medal, 2017

Audience:

Preteens
Children
Ages: 7-11.
Grades: 2-6.
1050L (source: Lexile)

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Call Numbers:

J921 B316st

ISBNs:

9780316213882
0316213888

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2013018520

OCLC Numbers:

849509653

Other Control Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: jlg17748012