Radiant child : the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

Steptoe, Javaka 1971- (author,, illustrator.).

Summary: Jean-Michael Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocked to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art work 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 and art doesn't always have to be neat or clean--and definitely not inside the lines--to be beautiful.

Record details

ISBN: 0316213888
ISBN: 9780316213882
Physical Description: 40 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (page 2).
Target Audience Note:	1050L Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader Lower Grades 4.7 0.5
Awards Note:	Coretta Scott King Award (Illustrator Award), 2017 Caldecott Medal, 2017