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WORK TITLE: JUMP IN!
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WEBSITE: https://www.jumpin.shadrastrickland.com
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COUNTRY: United States
NATIONALITY: American
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Lives in Brooklyn, NY * http://www.jumpin.shadrastrickland.com/ * http://painted-words.com/portfolio/shadra-strickland/
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PERSONAL
Born in Nashville, TN.
EDUCATION:Syracuse University, B.F.A. (design, illustration, and writing), 1999; School of Visual Arts, M.F.A. (illustration as visual essay), 2005.
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CAREER
Illustrator, graphic designer, poet, and educator. Atlanta Public Schools, Atlanta, GA, art teacher and artist mentor of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, 1995-2000; freelance illustrator and book designer, beginning 2000; Bloomsbury Kids, designer; Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, instructor in illustration, 2011—. Conducts workshops on art and illustration for teachers, librarians, and children.
AVOCATIONS:Reading, traveling.
MEMBER:Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
AWARDS:Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, Ezra Jack Keats Book Award, Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year designation, American Library Association Notable Children’s Book designation, and Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent, all 2009, all for Bird by Zetta Elliott; NAACP Image Award, 2010, for Our Children Can Soar by Michelle Cook.
WRITINGS
Contributor to anthology Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change, Bloomsbury (New York, NY), 2009.
SIDELIGHTS
Illustrator Shadra Strickland earned the John Steptoe Award for New Talent for her work in Bird, a picture book with a text by New York City poet and playwright Zetta Elliott. In Elliott’s story, called “a promising debut” by a Publishers Weekly critic, Mehkai is brokenhearted following the death of his older brother. Marcus, a talented graffiti artist, has finally lost his long battle against drug addiction, and following Marcus’s funeral, death soon overtakes the brothers’ grief-stricken grandfather as well. Fortunately, Mehkai—nicknamed Bird—has a talent for drawing, and with the wise counsel of an older friend, he learns that his art can provide him with a place to hide and a constructive way to work through his emotions while trying to find his purpose and path in the world.
Writing in Booklist, Hazel Rochman called Bird a “beautiful picture book for older readers,” citing Elliott’s “spare free verse” and Strickland’s “clear mixed-media pictures.” The Publishers Weekly critic was impressed by the artist’s “complicated weaving” of multi-media images throughout Elliott’s story, writing that they enhance “the metaphors and action of the poetic text.” In School Library Journal Kate McClelland wrote that the artwork in Bird is “rendered with a delicate touch in watercolor, gouache, charcoal, and pen, emphasiz[ing] … the textual theme of resilience in adversity.” Also appraising Elliott and Strickland’s award-winning picture-book collaboration, a Kirkus Reviews writer cited the artist’s ability to capture the instability of a drug addict through the use of “shifting perspectives and colors” as well as “off-kilter lines [that] exude … random energy.”
White Water, written by Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein, and illustrated by Strickland, is an “excellent lesson in Black American history, based on [Bandy’s] own experiences as a boy growing up in the early 60’s in segregated Southern America,” commented a Children’s Bookwatch writer. On a hot summer day, a young African American boy and his grandmother take a trip into town on a bus. They’re already used to the racial injustices of the era, such as being forced to give up their seats to white travelers and to move to the back of the bus. Hot and thirsty after the ride, the boy wants a drink of water, and he knows he must drink only from the fountains labeled “Colored” and never from the fountains with the signs that say “Whites Only.” After seeing a white boy about his age take a long, seemingly refreshing drink from the fountain, the narrator begins to believe that the water in that fountain is clean and clear, unlike the muddy, gritty water in the fountain he drinks from. He makes a plan to sneak into town at night and take a drink from the forbidden fountain when no one is around to see him. When he does, he finds that the “white water” is just as terrible as the water in the “Colored” fountain since it comes from the same pipe. If people have been lying to him about this, he wonders, what else about the issue of race have they been lying about?
Strickland’s illustrations, done in “watercolor, ink, and gouache show the oppressive racism in daily life and reveal how crazy it is,” observed Hazel Rochman, writing in Booklist. Strickland’s pictures “extend the story, visually demonstrating the similarities between these two boys,” noted a Kirkus Reviews writer. The narrator’s “determination and imaginativeness are evident in Strickland’s … pale mixed-media paintings,” observed a writer in Publishers Weekly.
Sunday Shopping, written by Sandy Derby and illustrated by Strickland, portrays a loving family ritual that a young girl and her grandmother go through on Sunday nights. After getting the big Sunday newspaper, Evie and her grandmother put on their pajamas, gather the paper and all its advertising, and get comfortable in bed to go on a pretend shopping expedition. As they turn the pages of the newspaper, they make believe they are visiting stores and buying the items listed in the advertisements, from hams to rugs to jewelry. Evie often “buys” things for her absent mother, who is serving in the military. Grandma provides an assortment of multicolored “bills” that serve as cash for their imaginative play. “Strickland’s illustrations are a vibrant mix of watercolor, acrylic, and wax pencil, digitally interspersed with fanciful, oversize images of whimsy and delight,” commented Carol Connor in a School Library Journal review. Strickland’s illustrations effectively “evoke this weekly ritual, making manifest Evie and Grandma’s vivid storytelling in ways that will speak to young readers’ imaginations,” observed Claire E. Gross, writing in Horn Book.
In Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case, written by Patricia Hruby Powell and illustrated by Strickland, tells the story of an important legal case from 1967 that removed restrictions against whites and blacks getting married anywhere in the United States. It is based on the story of Richard Loving, a white man, and Mildred Jeter, a black woman, who fell in love in Virginia in 1952. When Mildred got pregnant, the two were determined to marry. Laws in Virginia prevented it, so they went to Washington, DC, the closest location that would let blacks and whites marry. When they returned to Virginia, they were subjected to harassment and even arrest, then sentenced to expulsion from Virginia for twenty-five years. The “heartfelt novel describes the sadness, fear and prejudice that invaded their lives until their case went before the Supreme Court,” where their unjust sentence, and the laws that prevented their marriage, were unanimously overturned in 1967, commented BookPage writer Angela Leeper. “Strickland’s blue-, gray-, and yellow-toned illustrations have a strong retro feel and tenderly reinforce the written words,” noted a writer in Kirkus Reviews. “This is an excellent starter book for those interested in learning the basics of the civil rights movement,” observed a Publishers Weekly contributor.
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For the first time, Strickland turned to illustrating her own story with Jump In! It is a picture book that captures kids playing at all sorts of activities, such as jumping rope, twirling a basketball, and riding a skateboard, and after a while the adults join in to show the kids a thing or two. Strickland uses bold illustrations and free verse for an engaging read-aloud style. “A high-energy ode to double Dutch and summer days of fun,” commented a writer in Kirkus Reviews. They praised Strickland’s illustrations as “innovative” for the way they use perspective to capture scenes. “A fun and enduringly popular addition” to libraries, schools, and home shelves is how the reviewer for Children’s Bookwatch described it.
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Strickland told SATA: “I have always loved drawing—especially people. When I went to college to study graphic design, I wasn’t as satisfied as much as I was when I was illustrating. My mother was an English teacher and I was always encouraged to tell stories, but no one else in my family drew and I was proud to have that talent. My mom encouraged me to develop it.
“I am inspired by many artists. Before beginning a project, I try to find inspiration from artists (mostly fine artists) whose work resonates with me. Some of my favorites are Charles White, Elizabeth Catlett, and Ben Shahn.
“My illustration process begins with research. I read the story multiple times and make loose thumbnail sketches based on the manuscript. From there, I discuss the sketches with my editor or art director. Once I get feedback, I choose the ideas that work best for the story. I then take the small sketches, enlarge them, and take them to finished paintings.
“When I write, the process is much more direct and spontaneous. The work that I have published and forthcoming work has been in response to an idea or visual.
“The most surprising thing I have learned as an artist is that my best work has come when I wasn’t trying so hard. The most successful work has happened when I retained a sense of play.
“My favorite book is Bird. Prior to it, I worked really hard to get published. When I began making images for myself instead of trying to illustrate things I thought people wanted to see, things fell into place.
“I hope that people find my work inspiring enough to go out and create works of art for themselves. I hope that my work helps others find their own voice.”
BIOCRIT
PERIODICALS
Booklist, November 1, 2008, Hazel Rochman, review of Bird, p. 54; October 15, 2011, Hazel Rochman, review of White Water, p. 55; February 15, 2014, Edie Ching, review of Please, Louise, p. 83.
BookPage, February, 2017, Angela Leeper, review of Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case, p. 30.
Children’s Bookwatch, December, 2011, review of White Water; August, 2015, review of Sunday Shopping; February, 2023, review of Jump In!
Horn Book, May-June, 2015, Claire E. Gross, review of Sunday Shopping, p. 84; January-February, 2017, Ernie Cox, review of Loving vs. Virginia, p. 99.
Kirkus Reviews, September 1, 2008, review of Bird; July 15, 2011, review of White Water; February 15, 2013, review of Please, Louise; November 1, 2016, review of Loving vs. Virginia; December 1, 2022, review of Jump In!
Publishers Weekly, October 20, 2008, review of Bird, p. 50; June 13, 2011, review of White Water, p. 49; December 16, 2013, review of Please, Louise, p. 57; November 14, 2016, review of Loving vs. Virginia, p. 57.
School Library Journal, October, 2008, Kate McClelland, review of Bird, p. 106; September, 2011, Lucinda Snyder Whitehurst, review of White Water, p. 112; April, 2013, Naphtali L. Faris, review of The Diary of B.B. Bright, Possible Princess, p. 170; March, 2014, Martha Link Yesowitch, review of Please, Louise, p. 121; May, 2015, Carol Connor, review of Sunday Shopping, p. 83; December, 2016, Kristin Anderson, review of Loving vs. Virginia, p. 123.
Voice of Youth Advocates, April, 2017, Elisabeth W. Rauch, review of Loving vs. Virginia, p. 65.
ONLINE
Chronicle Books Blog, http://www.chroniclebooks.com/ (March 29, 2017), “An Interview with Loving vs. Virginia Illustrator Shadra Strickland.”
Frame Bridge, https://www.framebridge.com (June 5, 2023), author interview.
Illustration History, Norman Rockwell Museum website, https://www.illustrationhistory.org (June 5, 2023), author profile.
Jump In Studio Website, http://www.jumpin.shadrastrickland.com (December 1, 2017).
Lee & Low Website, http://www.leeandlow.com/ (December 1, 2017), biography of Shadra Strickland.
Literacyhead, http://www.literacyhead.com/ (December, 1, 2017), interview with Shadra Strickland.
Maryland Institute College of Art, https://www.mica.edu (June 5, 2023), author profile.
Miss Marple’s Musings, http://www.joannamarple.com/ (November 22, 2016), Joanna Marple, interview with Shadra Strickland.
Painted Words Website, http://www.painted-words.com/ (February 2, 2017), “Time for Kids Interviews Shadra Strickland on Loving vs. Virginia”; (December, 1, 2017), biography of Shadra Strickland.
Shadra Strickland Website, http://www.shadrastrickland.com (December 1, 2017).
Shadra Strickland studied, design, writing, and illustration at Syracuse University and later went on to complete her M.F.A. at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She won the Ezra Jack Keats Award and the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent in 2009 for her work in her first picturebook, Bird, written by Zetta Elliott. Strickland co-illustrated Our Children Can Soar, winner of a 2010 NAACP Image Award. She has published with Lee and Low Books, Simon and Schuster, Random House, Candlewick, Chronicle Books, and Little Brown. Her books have received recognition from the American Library Association, Junior Library Guild, and other prominent literary organizations. Shadra currently teaches illustration at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. Her online picture book course, The Art of the Picturebook is available at Craftsy.com.
Shadra Strickland
Biography
Shadra Strickland (b.1977) is an award-winning illustrator and author of children’s books. Her style is a whimsical blend of reality and imagination, creating stories in which children can see themselves. Strickland teaches illustration at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and travels the country, conducting workshops and sharing her work with children, teachers, and librarians.[1]
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Strickland, an only child, was raised in Atlanta, Georgia. Her mother was an English teacher and her uncle was a social worker, so education and learning played important roles in her family’s life. As a child, Strickland enjoyed reading and spending time with her family.[2] She also loved drawing and painting, and always wanted to be an artist.
After graduating from Syracuse University where she studied design and illustration, Strickland returned to Atlanta to teach for a few years. As a teacher reading picture books to her students in the classroom, Strickland came to realize her desire to be an illustrator. She enrolled in the School of Visual Arts’ Visual Essay program and took inspiration from authors and illustrators such as Pat Cummings, Christopher Myers, Jerry Pinkney, Jon Muth, Jan Ormerod, and Kadir Nelson.[3]
Strickland’s illustrations in her first picture book, Bird (written by Zetta Elliott), won her the Ezra Jack Keats Award and the 2009 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent. In her picture book, Peach, Strickland draws upon her experiences as a Southern Black woman to form a history of the South. She always tries to tap into memories and experiences from growing up in Georgia and the imagination that derived from being an avid reader.[4]
While the nature of her art is whimsical, Strickland maintains that she is interested in telling authentic stories and that “it is impossible to tell stories these days without acknowledging the fact that the world is made up of so many different types of people with so many different types of backgrounds and interests.”[5]
Strickland currently lives in Baltimore, Maryland. She loves to read, write, and travel.[6]
Meet the Artist: Shadra Strickland
Shadra Strickland is an illustrator whose focus on children’s books allows her to bring whimsy and imagination to her work. She loves creating stories in which all different children can see themselves as well as reflecting upon her own experiences as a southern Black woman. We’re proud to feature her as one of the first four artists in our Black Artists Print Shop.
headshot portrait photo of artist Shadra Strickland
What is your background as an artist?
I’m originally from Atlanta, Georgia. I went to Syracuse University and studied design and illustration and stuck with illustration. I went back to Atlanta to teach for a few years then studied illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York. I pursued children’s book illustration from there and have been doing it ever since.
I always wanted to be an artist. When I was teaching and I’d read picture books to my classroom students, I sort of put the pieces together. I thought ‘Oh, this is what I’m supposed to be doing. I’m supposed to be illustrating picture books.’
What drew you to children’s literature?
If you knew me, you’d say I’m a giant kid. My personality is just suited to it—I’m very giggly and light. When I went to school for design, I just didn’t see a way for me. I didn’t see a lot of designers that looked like me.
I think it stemmed from education, too. I love drawing and painting, I also had some creative writing classes under my belt. My mother was an English teacher so literature was close to the heart and my uncle is a social worker. I have a lot of roots in education and classroom learning. Being an artist that exhibits in a gallery doesn’t really make sense for me, it’s not my background and pedigree. I didn’t put the pieces together until many years later in the classroom when I was reading picture books, all those things came together for me—design, illustration, writing, and being a big kid. It clicked from there.
How do you feel you bring your identity into your work?
Which identity? There are so many intersections of identity. With picture books, usually I’m grappling with someone else’s story and someone else’s point of view and then there’s a sort of merging of ideas. Whenever I take on a manuscript, I’m working in direct response to that storyteller.
For the two pieces that you all have, you have one from Bird, my first picture book and the other is Peach. Peach is from a Southern Dream series and that is in response to who I am as a Southern Black person. It’s all about Southern history, Southern food specifically. Those pieces are super personal, they just come to me when they come to me. But I always try to tap into memory and experience from home and Georgia is the peach capital, so it just makes sense.
Peach framed illustration by artist Shadra Strickland
Peach in Mercer Slim frame
Bird's Sax framed illustration by Shadra Strickland
Bird's Sax in Marin frame
And the other piece?
Bird’s Sax. It’s from a story called Bird, a story about a young boy whose brother struggles with addiction and he uses drawing as a way to cope. It’s really about imagination and possibility. In that scene specifically, Bird is talking to his Uncle Son, about wanting to be like Charlie Parker, “I wish I could play the saxophone just like Charlie Parker.” Then Uncle Son says “Oh that bird’s alright, but everybody's got their something and that includes you.”
I’m so proud of that piece because throughout the story it was about this merging of Bird in his reality, but also figuring out how to illustrate imagination. Thinking about his age—he’d be about 9—and what he would draw with, which would probably be a ballpoint pen on lined paper. It’s about the feeling. When I was a kid, whenever you’d pretend, you’d get into it and you’d feel that energy with you and that’s where that illustration came from.
How do you bring that magic into your artwork?
I’m an only child and I spent a lot of time alone and I think that’s where it comes from. I didn’t have anyone to play with on a regular basis. It was just me in my head doing my thing. All the kids that I draw have a bit of that. For picture books specifically, nothing is mundane. Nothing is mundane in a kid’s world, especially when it comes to reading and imagination. It’s all very rich and layered. That interior world that we can’t see is magical. When I’m illustrating for books specifically, I try to bring that out. When I’m illustrating for myself, I’m just trying to have fun on the page and explore something that makes sense to me.
How important is diverse representation in children’s books?
The world is not binary. There are so many of us. It’s impossible to tell stories these days without acknowledging the fact that the world is made up of so many different types of people with so many different types of backgrounds and interests. It just makes sense. It doesn’t make sense for me to do anything other than acknowledge the space where we all exist together as different people. Telling authentic stories is what I’m invested in.
What are some of the reactions from kids when they see your illustrations?
When I’m in a room with children, I just want to play—let’s engage each other and be silly together. Kids are just interested in learning. When I’m talking to them about the artwork and the process of it, they get really invested. Especially for African American kids, they get really excited about seeing themselves in the books. With Bird, being such a specific and heavy story, I was initially a little hesitant about bringing that into the space with kids, but they’re right there at the edge of the story with me. They have such amazing responses and questions. Many of them have experienced a relative or loved one who struggled in that way. It opens an opportunity to have real, authentic dialogue about what these things mean to them. It’s fun to have kids feel heard and seen. Give them love and attention—from a stranger that draws.
SHADRA STRICKLAND (ON SABBATICAL UNTIL FALL 2023)
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Shadra Strickland studied, design, writing, and illustration at Syracuse University and later went on to complete her M.F.A. at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
She won the Ezra Jack Keats Award and the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent in 2009 for her work in her first picturebook, Bird, written by Zetta Elliott. Strickland co-illustrated Our Children Can Soar, winner of a 2010 NAACP Image Award. Shadra is also the illustrator of A Place Where Hurricanes Happen (Random House, 2010), written by Renee Watson: a story of four children in New Orleans before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina. Publishers Weekly called Strickland's illustrations "quietly powerful," and Booklist said, "In vibrant, mixed-media images, award-winning illustrator Strickland extends the drama, feeling, and individual stories."
Shadra travels the country conducting workshops and sharing her work with children, teachers, and librarians. She currently lives in Atlanta where she continues to work on books and personal projects.
Shadra Strickland studied design, writing, and illustration at Syracuse University, and completed her M.F.A. at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She won the Ezra Jack Keats Award and Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent in 2009 for her work in her first picture book, Bird, written by Zetta Elliott. Shadra is passionate about promoting positivity through her work, and her ultimate goal as a picture book author and illustrator is to teach children how to live their dreams. Her style is a whimsical blend of reality and imagination, and she loves to create stories that children can see themselves in. Shadra travels the country conducting workshops and sharing her work with children, teachers, and librarians. She currently teaches illustration at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.
CLIENT LIST
Lee and Low Books
Bloomsbury
Random House
Candlewick
Simon & Schuster
Penguin
Scholastic
Little Brown
New York Times Book Review
AWARDS / HONORS
2022 Starred Reviews (Kirkus, Publishers Weekly) – Jump In
2022 Booklist from Rise: A Feminist Book Project- Legacy
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books 2017 – One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
NYPL’s Best Books for Kids, 2017 – One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
Bank Street’s Best Children’s Books of the Year, 2016 – Sunday Shopping
Ezra Jack Keats Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature, 2009
Coretta Scott King, John Steptoe Award, New Talent, 2009
Society of Illustrators’ The Original Art Show, 2014
NAACP Award for Our Children Can Soar
NAACP Image Award Nominations for White Water and Eliza’s Freedom Road
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio “Best Book” Award for White Water
Jump In!
Shadra Strickland
Bloomsbury Children's Books
www.bloomsbury.com
9781619635807, $18.99, HC, 32pp
https://www.amazon.com/Jump-Shadra-Strickland/dp/1619635801
Synopsis: It's a sunny spring day, and the tic tac tic tac sound of jump ropes hitting the ground floats through the wind.
"Jump in!"
Everyone lines up for a turn. The Delancy twins, double dutch divas. Leroy Jones with the hip-hop tricks. Even Ms. Mabel, showing the youngstas how it's done. And after a day of fun, when the street lights start to flicker, it's time to jump out!
Critique: With her bold graphic style, read-aloud enhancing gatefolds, combined with an exuberance that fairly leaps off the page, acclaimed storyteller and artist Shadra Strickland's "Jump In!" is her debut picture book for young readers. While also available for personal reading lists in a digital book format (Kindle, $8.11), "Jump In!" will prove to be a fun and enduringly popular addition to family, daycare center, preschool, elementary school, and community library African-American, City Life, and Children's Friendship picture book collections for children ages 4-8.
Editorial Note: Shadra Strickland (www.jumpin.shadrastrickland.com) grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, with her mom and grandma and spent almost every day after school playing out in the sunshine! When she wasn't playing she was drawing and writing stories. After Shadra grew up she moved to New York to become an artist. Now she teaches other people how to draw and tell stories at the Maryland Institute College of Art. When she's not teaching, she enjoys playing with her dog, Lucky--who looks awfully like the dog in this book. She can be followed on Twitter at @Shadrieka
Please Note: Illustration(s) are not available due to copyright restrictions.
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Strickland, Shadra JUMP IN! Bloomsbury (Children's None) $18.99 1, 31 ISBN: 978-1-61963-580-7
A high-energy ode to double Dutch and summer days of fun.
It's a sizzling morning, and when one freckle-faced, curly-haired, tan-skinned kid yells, "Jump in!" kids of every hue and size come running with balls, with jump-ropes, and with arms and legs ready for moving. When the "Double Dutch divas," the Delancy twins, arrive to jump-rope, their long cornrows go flying as they "Jump over, jump under" and "spin 'round." Next, long-legged basketballer Leroy Jones, with a frohawk and fiery moves, twirls a ball on one finger then jumps in with hip-hop acrobatics until hip-swinging Ms. Mabel tosses Leroy her purse and exhausts the jump-rope turners with her "funky wiggle" and her cartwheel in the ropes. Lots of neighbors, including the reverend, join in, and the jumping joy permeates the day as Strickland's free-verse poetry turns this tale into a singable jump-rope rhyme. When a skateboard-loving youngster finally joins in after homework's all done, the child takes their dog and board into the ropes. Strickland's innovative low-angle and bird's-eye views and gatefolds that open in various directions give readers expansive vantage points for this day of participatory play, while her colorful and highly textured digitally rendered illustrations, inspired by the Italian futurists, effectively capture the heat, verve, and energy of the city. This city community is a diverse one; most of the named characters present as Black.
A moving, grooving snapshot of urban life where kids create the fun and beckon everybody in. (Picture book. 3-7)
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