Me and Uncle Romie : a story inspired by the life and art of Romare Bearden / by Claire Hartfield ; paintings by Jerome Lagarrigue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartfield, Claire, author.

Contributor:

Lagarrigue, Jerome, illustrator.

Dial Books for Young Readers, publisher.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988--Juvenile fiction.

Bearden, Romare.

Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988--Fiction.

Artists--Fiction.

Uncles--Fiction.

African Americans--Fiction.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.

Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988.

Genre:

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[40] pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Dial Books for Young Readers New York, 2002.

Summary:

A boy from North Carolina spends the summer in New York City visiting the neighborhood of Harlem, where his uncle, collage artist Romare Bearden, grew up. Includes a biographical sketch of Bearden and instructions on making a story collage.

Notes:

"Designed by Kimi Weart."; title page verso.

"Text set in Folio."; title page verso.

"The art was created using acrylic paint and collage elements."; title page verso.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0803725205

9780803725201

OCLC:

42061014