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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.

Product details

Age Range: 4 - 8 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 3
Lexile Measure: 1050L (What's this?)
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; 1 edition (October 25, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780316213882
ISBN-13: 978-0316213882
ASIN: 0316213888
Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 0.5 x 11.1 inches

RADIANT CHILD: THE STORY OF YOUNG ARTIST JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT