I LOVE Kadir Nelson, check out my facial expression here:
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| Children's Book Festival, San Diego, 2009 And his lastest book is another artistic masterpiece. I want this book to win the Caldecott Award this year. Seriously. His work is always beautiful; the paintings and illustrations can only be described as breathtaking. This book, written in the same style as We are the Ship wonderfully gives a history lesson through a visual narrative. I got a little confused during Chapter 6; I couldn't figure out if "Pap" and "Grandaddy" were the same person because in Chapter 5 Pap was a sharecropper and in Chapter 6 he is a Buffalo Soldier. Despite that issue, I think this is a must-read for every student--the history of black America is wonderfully personified through one family's experiences. It should definitely be out on display all of February in public libraries at a minimum. For a better review, sans gushing, check out Mr. Schu Reads |
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