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Dave the potter : artist, poet, slave / by Laban Carrick Hill ; illustrated by Bryan Collier.

LIBRA NK4210.D247 H55 2010
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hill, Laban Carrick.
Contributor:
Collier, Bryan, illustrator.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Dave, active 1834-1864--Juvenile literature.
Dave.
Dave, active 1834-1864.
Picture books for children.
Enslaved persons--South Carolina--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Enslaved persons.
African American potters--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African American potters.
African American poets--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African American poets.
South Carolina.
Enslaved persons--South Carolina.
Local Subjects:
Dave, active 1834-1864--Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Biographies.
Picture books.
Caldecott Medal Honor book -- 2011.
Coretta Scott King Award (illustrator) Winner -- 2011.
Juvenile works.
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Little, Brown, 2010.
Summary:
Chronicles the life of Dave, a nineteenth-century slave, and a potter, who went on to become an influential poet and artist.
Notes:
Art techniques used: Combination of watercolor and mixed media collage in warm earth tones.
Includes bibliographical references.
Caldecott Honor Book, 2011
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011
Coretta Scott King Book Awards - Illustrator, Winner, 2011
ISBN:
9780316107310
031610731X
9780329857103
032985710X
OCLC:
542263587
Publisher Number:
40018805459
9780316107310 51699
99939844832

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