Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring
by Matthew Burgess
Buy on AmazonAn inspiring, celebratory picture book biography of iconic Pop artist Keith Haring. ★ A 2021 Rainbow Book List selection ★ A New York Public Library Best Book for Kids of 2020 ★ A Washington Post Best Children's Book of 2020 ★ A Kirkus Best Picture-Book Biography of 2020 ★ A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Pick of 2020 ★ A 2021 Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book for Children ★ 2020 Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Gold Award ★ A 2022 Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List selection Often seen drawing in white chalk on the matte black paper of unused advertising space in the subway, Haring’s iconic pop art and graffiti-like style transformed the New York City underground in the 1980s.…
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"Having previously composed Enormous Smallness, one of my favorite books of 2015 — the wondrous picture-book biography of E.E. Cummings, another artist who so passionately believed that “it takes courage to grow up and become who you really are” — Burgess was impelled to invite young people into Keith Haring’s singular art and the large heart from which it sprang."
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