Products specifications
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Author
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Javaka Steptoe |
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Pub Date
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27/10/2016 |
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Binding
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Hardback |
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Pages
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48 |
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Country
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United States |
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Dewey
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759.13 |
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GBPPrice
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12.99 |
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Availability
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Available |
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AR Level
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Lower Years, Book Level: 4.7 |
Somewhere in Brooklyn, a little boy dreams of being a famous artist, not knowing that one day he would make himself a king.
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. However, before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games, 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 style introduces 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.
