Paper son : the inspiring story of Tyrus Wong, immigrant and artist / written by Julie Leung ; illustrated by Chris Sasaki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leung, Julie, author.

Contributor:

Immigrant and Refugee Experiences in Children's and Young Adult Literature Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Sasaki, Chris (Illustrator), illustrator.

Award Winning and Notable Children's and Young Adult Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wong, Tyrus.

Artists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Artists.

Chinese American artists.

United States.

Chinese American artists--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Chinese Americans--Biography.

Wong, Tyrus--Juvenile literature.

Genre:

Biographies.

Picture books.

Juvenile works.

Physical Description:

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2019]

Summary:

A picture-book biography of animator Tyrus Wong, the Chinese American immigrant responsible for bringing Disney's Bambi to life. Before he became an artist named Tyrus Wong, he was a boy named Wong Geng Yeo. He traveled across a vast ocean from China to America with only a suitcase and a few papers. Not papers for drawing - which he loved to do - but immigration papers to start a new life. Once in America, Tyrus seized every opportunity to make art, eventually enrolling at an art institute in Los Angeles. Working as a janitor at night, his mop twirled like a paintbrush in his hands. Eventually, he was given the opportunity of a lifetime - and using sparse brushstrokes and soft watercolors, Tyrus created the iconic backgrounds of Bambi. -- description from Amazon.com.

Notes:

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - Picture Books, Winner, 2020-2021

Other Format:

Online version: Leung, Julie. Paper son.

ISBN:

9781524771874

1524771872

9781524771881

1524771880

OCLC:

1065751109

Publisher Number:

99987196968