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A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi
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If you are Isamu, stones are the most special of all.
How can they be so heavy?
Would they float if they had no weight?
Winner of the Theordor Seuss Geisel Award in 2020 for Stop! Bot!, James Yang imagines a day in the boyhood of Japanese American artist, Isamu Noguchi. Wandering through an outdoor market, through the forest, and then by the ocean, Isamu sees things through the eyes of a young artist . . .but also in a way that many children will relate. Stones look like birds. And birds look like stones.
Through colorful artwork and exquisite text, Yang translates the essence of Noguchi so that we can all begin to see as an artist sees.
Book Details
- Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
- Publish Date: Jun 15th, 2021
- Pages: 40
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 10.10in - 9.40in - 0.50in - 0.90lb
- EAN: 9780593203446
- Recommended age: 03-07
- Categories: • Action & Adventure - General• Imagination & Play• Art
About the Author
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What people are saying
The nation’s leading Latinx and Latin American cultural institution | 🎟️ Get tickets https://t.co/7CWGMFITXf !
This Saturday, May 6 at 9:30 and 11am, Coquí Club celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI) with the story 'A Boy Named Isamu' by James Yang @yangmeister. Ages 3-5. Video courtesy of #AAPIreader. Learn more and RSVP at https://t.co/VzuPbdJzuP https://t.co/Uskh5tDKn4
Highlights from the PW Reviews department, which reviews about 9,000 books per year, tweeted by the editors: reviews, author interviews and profiles.
'A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi' by James Yang. Miniature, toy-like images by Geisel Medalist Yang ('Stop! Bot!') follow a solitary boy who’s drawn to nature’s elemental forms. http://pw-ne.ws/fc1d2 https://t.co/jML7Z3Cmfw
Founded and designed by Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988), and committed to advancing the appreciation of his art and legacy.
Saturday, July 10, at 10:30 am ET, families with children ages 3–7 are invited to a reading of ‘A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi,’ and an art-making activity with author and illustrator James Yang (@yangmeister). Free; register at https://www.noguchi.org/museum/calendar/event/2021-07-10-1030-art-for-kids-families-a-boy-named-isamu/.
Praise for this book
★ "[A]n attentive, balanced study of an artist's sensibility." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
★ "Yang (Stop! Bot!, 2019) renders this imagined biography of Japanese American Isamu Noguchi with the utmost tenderness... This lyrical biography will resonate with creative types of all ages and can easily be incorporated into a curriculum as a springboard for writing, research, and art projects." -- Booklist (starred review)
★ "Yang's lyrical writing and rich vocabulary reads well aloud while providing thoughts to further ponder and discuss, especially for readers in today's busy, noisy world. Though produced in picture book format, the concepts--the need for quiet, introspection, and beauty in nature--will resonate across many grade levels. This is a book for all ages."
-- School Library Connection (starred review)
★ "Yang's text meets child readers on their own level, framing the natural world as a source of curiosity and delight. His digital illustrations feel warm and organic...The book works as both an introduction to a fascinating artist and a tribute to the quiet joys of the natural world." -- The Horn Book (starred review)
What people are saying
The nation’s leading Latinx and Latin American cultural institution | 🎟️ Get tickets https://t.co/7CWGMFITXf !
This Saturday, May 6 at 9:30 and 11am, Coquí Club celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI) with the story 'A Boy Named Isamu' by James Yang @yangmeister. Ages 3-5. Video courtesy of #AAPIreader. Learn more and RSVP at https://t.co/VzuPbdJzuP https://t.co/Uskh5tDKn4
Highlights from the PW Reviews department, which reviews about 9,000 books per year, tweeted by the editors: reviews, author interviews and profiles.
'A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi' by James Yang. Miniature, toy-like images by Geisel Medalist Yang ('Stop! Bot!') follow a solitary boy who’s drawn to nature’s elemental forms. http://pw-ne.ws/fc1d2 https://t.co/jML7Z3Cmfw