Travel with a black cat through and across an urban landscape, experiencing the rhythms and pulse of the city. Strong images are actually montages of paintings and photographs.
A lonely boy finds friendship and understanding on the roof of his city apartment. Robust paintings illustrate the eloquently told story of Jawanza and the older man who understands the pigeons the boy watches.
A boy in a fedora uses his pen to travel, grow, “make giants of old men/who have seen better days” (an homage to his late father, Walter Dean Myers), and visit places real and imagined. Black and white line drawings and sophisticated, poetic language effectively convey the power of art and imagination and are sure to spark conversation.
Stunning, bold collage illustrations carry the action in this reworking of the traditional Greek myth. Here, Icarus becomes Ikarus, a boy of color, who learns to fly in spite of the society in which he lives.
