“Well-loved illustrator Bryan’s pictures and recollections tell of his lifelong devotion to making and sharing art. His Antiguan-born parents sang, kept birds and sheltered orphans; they showed him how to resist convention and survive defeat. Drawing every day, as a soldier during WWII he kept his art supplies in his gas mask…Bryan honed his skills, overcame racism and discouragement, and thrived throughout 20th-century tumult. While the text forms a single narrative thread, the busy pages are laid out scrapbook-style on bright, overlapping rectangles of color, old family photos next to artwork next to call-outs of Bryan’s words in large type.” — Publisher’s Weekly
Other books by this author
All Night, All Day: A Child’s First Book of African American Spirituals
Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Nonfiction 
Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry
Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Poetry 
Ashley Bryan’s African Tales, Uh-huh
Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Fiction, Fairytales, Folk Tales, and Tall Tales, Myths and Legends 
Ashley Bryan’s Puppet: Making Something from Everything
Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Nonfiction, Fairytales, Folk Tales, and Tall Tales 
Beautiful Blackbird
Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Fiction, Fairytales, Folk Tales, and Tall Tales 
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life
Age Level:
9-12 Genre:
Fiction, Poetry, Historical Fiction 
Let It Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals
Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Poetry 
Poems and Folktales
Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Poetry, Fairytales, Folk Tales, and Tall Tales 
Sing to the Sun
Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Poetry