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Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (Caldecott & Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner) Hardback - 2016

by Javaka Steptoe

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Winner of the Randolph Caldecott Medal and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award!

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 that art doesn't always have to be neat or clean--and definitely not inside the lines!--to be beautiful.

A Spanish edition, El nio radiante, is also available for purchase.

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  • Title Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (Caldecott & Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)
  • Author Javaka Steptoe
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, NYC
  • Publication date 2016-10-25
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780316213882 / 0316213888
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.9 x 9.2 x 0.6 in (27.69 x 23.37 x 1.52 cm)
  • Age range 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Reading level 1050
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Ethnic Orientation: Latino
    • Geographic Orientation: New York
    • Locality: New York, N.Y.
    • Sex & Gender: Masculine
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
  • Library of Congress subjects New York (N.Y.), Graphic arts
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2013018520
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Booklist, 09/15/2016, Page 48
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 12/01/2016, Page 0
  • Horn Book Magazine, 11/01/2016, Page 101
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2017, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 01/01/0001, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/08/2016, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 08/01/2016, Page 127
  • Shelf Awareness, 10/25/2016, Page 0

About the author

Javaka Steptoe is a Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Illustrator award-winning artist, designer, and illustrator. His debut picture book, In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall, won the Coretta Scott King Award, and Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow (written by Gary Golio) received a Coretta Scott King Honor. He has also illustrated Do You Know What I'll Do? by Charlotte Zolotow, A Pocketful of Poems by Nikki Grimes, Amiri and Odette: A Love Story by Walter Dean Myers, Rain Play by Cynthia Cotten, and Hot Day on Abbott Avenue by Karen English, which received the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. He is also the author and illustrator of The Jones Family Express, as well as the Caldecott award-winning Radiant Child. Javaka invites you to visit his website at Javaka.com.
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