Words to my life's song
(Book)
Author
Contributors
McGuinness, Bill, photographer.
Published
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2009].
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9781416905417, 1416905413
Physical Desc
58 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 x 27 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
970L
Status
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Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Headquarters Library - Children's Biography | JBIO BRYAN,A 2009 | In |
Headquarters Library - Children's Biography | JBIO BRYAN,A 2009 | In |
Hawthorne Branch - Children's Biography | JBIO BRYAN,A 2009 | In |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American artists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American authors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American illustrators -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Autobiographies.
Bryan, Ashley -- Juvenile literature.
Children's stories -- Authorship -- Juvenile literature.
Picture books for children.
Picture books.
African American authors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American illustrators -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Autobiographies.
Bryan, Ashley -- Juvenile literature.
Children's stories -- Authorship -- Juvenile literature.
Picture books for children.
Picture books.
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More Details
Published
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2009].
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
ISBN
9781416905417, 1416905413
Accelerated Reader
MG
Level 6.2, 1 Points
Level 6.2, 1 Points
Lexile measure
970
Notes
General Note
"Three-time Coretta Scott King award winner" -- Cover.
Description
An introduction to the life and career of the writer and artist Ashley Bryan, a three-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award.
Description
Ashley's autobiography is full of art, photographs, an the poignant never-say-never tale of his rich life, a life that has always included drawing and painting. Even as a boy growing up during the Depression, he painted -- finding cast off objects to turn into books and kites and toy and art. Even as a soldier in the segregated Army on the beaches of Normandy, he sketched -- keeping charcoal crayons and paper in his gasmask to draw with during lulls. Even as a talented, visionary art student who was accepted and then turned away from college upon arrival, the school telling Ashley that to give a scholarship to an African American student would be a waste, he painted -- continuing to create art when he could have been discouraged, continuing to polish his talents when his spirit should have been beaten. Ashley went on to become a Hans Christian Anderson Award nominee, a May Hill Arbuthnot lecturer, and a multiple Coretta Scott King award winner. As you might imagine, his story is powerful, bursting with his creative energy, and a testament to believing in oneself. It's a book every child in America should have access to and it does what the very best autobiographies do; it inspires! --,From amazon.com.
Target Audience
970L,lexile.
Awards
Notable Books for a Global Society, Biography, 2010
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bryan, A., & McGuinness, B. (2009). Words to my life's song . Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bryan, Ashley and Bill, McGuinness. 2009. Words to My Life's Song. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bryan, Ashley and Bill, McGuinness. Words to My Life's Song Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bryan, Ashley,, and Bill McGuinness. Words to My Life's Song Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009.
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