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My Hands Sing the Blues
Romare Bearden's Childhood Journey
By HARVEY, Jeanne Walker
- ISBN
- 978-0-76145-810-4
- Publisher
- Marshall Cavendish
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2011 | Preschool to Grade 4
Gr 2–5—Bearden was one of the great artists who came out of the remarkably fertile Harlem Renaissance. His collages invoked many images that represented the struggle of African Americans as they sought to live productive lives after generations of repression and bondage. Inspired by his painting Watching the Good Trains Go By, this homage to the artist incorporates his love of the blues and jazz and takes the shape of a standard blues s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Present-tense rhymes ostensibly voiced by African American artist Bearden describe his childhood move from North Carolina to Harlem, wh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
