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Grandma's Gift
Eric Velasquez
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Description for Grandma's Gift
Paperback.
This prequel to Eric Velasquez's biographical picture book Grandma's Records is the story of a Christmas holiday that young Eric spends with his grandmother. After they prepare their traditional Puerto Rican Christmas celebration, Eric and Grandma visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a school project, where he sees a painting by Diego Velasquez and realizes for the first time that he could be an artist when he grows up. Grandma witnesses his fascination, and presents Eric with the perfect Christmas gift-a set of paints-to use in his first steps toward becoming an artist. A heart-warming story of self-discovery, Grandma's ... Read more
This prequel to Eric Velasquez's biographical picture book Grandma's Records is the story of a Christmas holiday that young Eric spends with his grandmother. After they prepare their traditional Puerto Rican Christmas celebration, Eric and Grandma visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a school project, where he sees a painting by Diego Velasquez and realizes for the first time that he could be an artist when he grows up. Grandma witnesses his fascination, and presents Eric with the perfect Christmas gift-a set of paints-to use in his first steps toward becoming an artist. A heart-warming story of self-discovery, Grandma's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA United States
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
Number of Pages
32
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780802735362
SKU
V9780802735362
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About Eric Velasquez
ERIC VELASQUEZ is the author and illustrator of Grandma's Records and the illustrator of The Piano Man, for which he won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award, and The Price of Freedom. He collaborated with Carole Boston Weatherford on I, Matthew Henson, which received four starred reviews, and Jesse Owens: Fastest Man Alive, which received two starred reviews. ... Read more
Reviews for Grandma's Gift
Praise for Grandma's Gift
: 2011 Pura Belpre Award for Illustration Winner . Touching. Kirkus Reviews Velasquez's full-bleed paintings transport readers to another time and place and expertly capture the characters' personalities and emotions. A gift, indeed. School Library Journal Praise for I, Matthew Henson . Lovely and inspiring Kirkus Reviews, starred review Powerful words and images make this ... Read more
: 2011 Pura Belpre Award for Illustration Winner . Touching. Kirkus Reviews Velasquez's full-bleed paintings transport readers to another time and place and expertly capture the characters' personalities and emotions. A gift, indeed. School Library Journal Praise for I, Matthew Henson . Lovely and inspiring Kirkus Reviews, starred review Powerful words and images make this ... Read more