Binding: Paperback
Description: Coretta Scott King Award - winning illustrator Bryan Collier discovers the vibrant world of Harlem New York as seen through the eyes of a little boy." Uptown Harlem New York. Chicken and waffles. Jazz. Home." Uptown is a rich mix of flavors colors sounds and cultures that come together to create a vibrant community like no other in the world. Seen through the eyes of one little boy who lives there the details of life in Harlem are as joyous as a game of basketball on a summer's afternoon and as personal as a trip to the barbershop where old - timers reminisce. Bryan Collier's spare poetic text and beautiful intricate illustrations evoke every aspect of Harlem from the legendary Apollo Theater to chocolate - colored brownstones weekend shopping on 125th Street and the music of Duke Ellington. Uptown is the winner of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award.
Title: Uptown
Author(s): Collier Bryan, Bryan Collier
Publisher: Square Fish
Barcode: 9780805073997
Pages: 32 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/1/2004
Category: Children’S & Teenage Fiction & True Stories